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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

裁员 [cáiyuán]
  1. 1. verb make redundancies
    信息产业内刮起了一阵裁员风暴。
    There have been a wave of redundancies in the IT industry.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

裁员 [cáiyuán]
  1. 1. cut down the number of persons employed; reduce the staff
    这家饭店已裁员二十人。
    The hotel has dismissed twenty people from its staff.
  2. 2. noun redundancy

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

裁员 [cáiyuán]
  1. 1. 动 裁减人员。
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Examples

裁员减薪
cut down the number of employees and reduce the salary
裁员这股冷风吹了有一阵，大家整天都提心吊胆的怕这事落在自己身上。
The cold wind of staff trimming reduction has been blowing for a while. Everyone is in fear, and afraid it will befall on themselves.
据说公司要裁员了，大家全都人心惶惶。
It is said that the company is going to downsize staff, everyone is feeling anxious.
公司要裁员，我们都是要养家糊口的。
The company is going to reduce staff, we all have a family to raise.
裁员
cut staff
公司决定裁员，从而削减成本。
The company decided to lay people off, and thus reduce their costs.
公司准备大量裁员。
The company is preparing to lay off a large number of people.
企业经过裁员缩减了经费开支。
Business expenditure was reduced through staff cutbacks.
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Word Decomposition

裁
[cái] 		+ 员
[yuán]

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