卸肩儿 [卸肩兒] - lit. a weight off one's shoulders, fig. to resign a post, to lay down a burden, to be relieved of a job - xiè jiān r5 | Definition | ChinesePod.com

卸肩儿 (卸肩兒)

xiè jiān r5

Pinyin

Definition

卸肩儿 (卸肩兒)

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xiè jiān r5

lit. a weight off one's shoulders
fig. to resign a post
to lay down a burden
to be relieved of a job

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiè zhuāng

1 to remove makeup
2 (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments

jiān bǎng

1 shoulder

bìng jiān

1 alongside
2 shoulder to shoulder
3 side by side
4 abreast

xiè

1 to unload
2 to unhitch
3 to remove or strip
4 to get rid of

xiè xià

1 to unload

Idioms (3)

勾肩搭背

gōu jiān dā bèi

1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)

卸磨杀驴

xiè mò shā lǘ

1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful

秀发垂肩

xiù fà chuí jiān

1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)