削职为民 xuēzhíwéimín to demote an official to commoner status Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 削职 削職 xuēzhí to remove from office (literary) to dismiss from a post; to be demoted or fired from a position为 為 wéi verbpreposition to be to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as民 mín nounverb the people (bound form) the people of a country; the masses; citizens; the common people