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抽簪
chōu​zān

to resign from office

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抽簪 chōu//zān
to resign from office
(literary) to pull out one's hairpins, meaning to renounce an official post and retire to a secluded life
to pull out a hairpin
to take a hairpin out of one's hair

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  • 弃官 qì​guān