1 to come off sentry duty

2 to lay off (a worker)

3 laid-off

1 a post

2 a job

1 crane

1 to take up one's post

2 to be given a job

1 (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)

2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)

1 both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)

1 to be gone forever (idiom)

2 to disappear without a trace

1 a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner

1 lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)

2 fig. to panic at the slightest move

3 to be jittery