DEMOTE  降官黜

DISMISS so as to COMMAND to BECOME of MORE HUMBLE RANK.
DOWNGRADERELEGATEDECLASSREDUCE IN RANKDEPOSEUNSEATDISPLACEOUST
Antonym
  • PROMOTEAPPOINT to CAUSE TO BECOME a MORE NOBLE OFFICIAL.
    Hypernym
    • DISMISSSTOP EMPLOYING someone in a JOB.
      • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
          • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
    • HUMBLEINFERIOR OR MORE HUMBLE IN-RELATION-TO OTHERS.
      See also
      • BANISHPUNISH someone so as to COMMAND HIM/HER to LEAVE the STATE of which he/she is a CITIZEN OR in which he/she LIVES.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The standard technical word for demoting someone officially is chù 黜／絀.

        2. Tuì 退 is a slightly polite periphrastic way of referring to demotion.

        3. Qiān 遷 refers to transferral, but is often used euphemistically for demotion.

        黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
        HUANG JINGUI 2006 GOVERNMENT/LAW 27.

        降，泛稱爵位、身份的降低。

        貶，表降職的專用職官術語，後來貶也可包括外放。

        謫，降職并外放；也可作貶的委婉用語。

        黜，降職并罷免。

        左遷，降職處罰較輕，降職後仍擔任其他職務。

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        貶斥

        罷官

        罷黜

        黜免

        罷免

        黜退

        斥退

        貶謫

        貶黜

        謫 refers to demotion in the form of banishment.

        使降級

        使降職

        使降等

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 262ff

        Words

        退  tuì OC: thuubs MC: thuo̝i 17 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vt[oN]demote othersLZ
        • vtoNcausativeregard as secondary; downgrade, demote; work against, discourage; lay little stress on
        • vtoNpassiveget demoted
        黜  chù OC: khrlud MC: ʈhʷit
        絀  chù OC: krlud MC: ʈʷit
        詘  qū OC: khlud MC: khi̯ut 11 AttributionsWD

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 辱/DISGRACE Rǔ 辱 refers to public humiliation and public disgrace typically caused by overt actions or reactions of others.

          Syntactic words
        • nabeventdemotion
        • vt(oN)demote the contextually determinate person
        • vtoNdemote, expel from office; expel
        • vtoNfigurativeputative: devalueCH
        • vtoNpassivebe demoted
        • vtoNreflexive.自have (oneself) demoted
        遷  qiān OC: tshen MC: tshiɛn 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabactdemotion by being transferred to a new location
        • vtoNsend into internal exile, remove from office; demote
        • vtoNpassivebe transferred and demoted by way of punishment
        貶  biǎn OC: promʔ MC: piɛm 1 AttributionWD

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNdrive out of office and demote to lower office
        • vtoNN=officedegrade the official rank (of someone) (probably NOT vtt!)
        • vtoN{PLACE}passivebe demoted to Npl
        • vtt(oN1.)+N2appoint the contextually determinate N1 to the position N2
        左降  zuǒ jiàng OC: skaalʔ kruums MC: tsɑ kɣɔŋ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNpassiveget demoted
        沒入  mò rù OC: mɯɯd njub MC: muot ȵip 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNbe demoted to the status N
        黜遠  chù yuàn OC: khrlud ɢʷans MC: ʈhʷit ɦi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNpassiveget demoted and kept at a distance
        損絀  sǔn chù MC: swonX trwit OC: squunʔ krludLZ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNdemote or even expel from officeLZ
        謫  zhé OC: krleeɡ MC: ʈɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNremove from office, demote

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