下岗(xià gǎng)

2 charactersTrad. 下崗

(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 下岗 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 国有企业职工大量下岗

    guó yǒu qǐ yè zhí gōng dà liàng xià gǎng

    Large numbers of workers were laid off from state-owned enterprises.

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