解组归田
jiě​zǔ​guī​tián

to retire from public life

  • created sense approved 解组归田/解組歸田 · jiě​zǔ​guī​tián · to retire from public life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    解组归田 / 解組歸田

    jiě​zǔ​guī​tián

    to retire from public life

    To resign from a government post and return to one's hometown to farm; to retire from office. Literally "to untie the silk cord of one's official seal and return to the fields".

    解组 (literal) → 解组/解組 · jiě​zǔ · to resign from office 归田 (literal) → 归田/歸田 · guī​tián · to retire from public life

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