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辞 (辭, 辤)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

辞 [cí]
  1. 1. noun [语言] diction
  2. 2. noun [文学体裁] early form of classical Chinese poetry
  3. 3. verb [告别] bid … farewell
  4. 4. verb [辞职] resign
    他辞掉了市长的职务。
    He resigned from his position as mayor.
  5. 5. verb [辞退] dismiss
    他被经理辞了。
    He was dismissed by the manager.
  6. 6. verb [躲避] decline

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

辞 [cí]
  1. 1. noun diction; phraseology
    修辞
    rhetoric
  2. 2. noun a type of classical Chinese literature
    《楚辞》
    The Songs of Chu
    你喜欢辞赋这种文学体裁吗？
  3. 3. noun a form of classical poetry
    《木兰辞》
    The Ballad of Mulan
    你读过《横吹曲辞》吗？
  4. 4. verb take leave
    告辞
    take leave (of one's host)
  5. 5. verb decline; resign
    他辞了科长的职务。
    He resigned his post of section chief.
    固辞
    firmly decline
    他因病辞职了。
  6. 6. verb dismiss; discharge
    老板把他给辞了。
    His boss dismissed him.
    他经常上班迟到，结果被老板辞了。
  7. 7. verb shirk
    不辞辛苦
    spare no effort; take pains; take the trouble to; go to the trouble of doing sth.
    他工作起来不辞劳苦。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

辞 [cí]
  1. 1. 名 文辞;言辞
    说辞
    辞令
    修辞
  2. 2. 名 古代一种文学体裁
    楚辞
    辞赋
  3. 3. 动 不接受;推托
    不辞辛苦
    辞让
    推辞
  4. 4. 动 主动要求解除职务
    辞去局长职务
    辞呈
  5. 5. 动 辞退;解雇
    把保姆辞了
    被老板辞了
  6. 6. 动 告别
    辞旧迎新
    辞别
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Examples

他辞了科长的职务。
He resigned his post of section chief. → 辞
他辞掉公职，回乡办厂。 → 公职
她已经辞掉了工作, 一心在家操理家务。
She quit her job, and now wholeheartedly does housework at home. → 操理
他辞掉了市长的职务。
He resigned from his position as mayor. → 辞
辞了这儿的工,你干什么呢? → 辞工
The employees were tired of working extra hours and some of them even quit their work.
员工们厌倦了加班，有些人甚至辞掉了工作。 → even

Character Decomposition

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[shé]		 + 辛
[xīn]

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