减薪
jiǎn xīn
Pinyin

Definition

减薪
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jiǎn xīn
  1. to cut wages

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

nián xīn
  1. 1 annual salary
yuè xīn
  1. 1 monthly income (in kind)
jiā xīn
  1. 1 to raise salary
dài xīn
  1. 1 to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc)
  2. 2 paid (leave)
  3. 3 on full pay
qiàn xīn
  1. 1 to owe wages
  2. 2 back pay
  3. 3 wages arrears
fā xīn rì
  1. 1 payday
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
xīn shuǐ
  1. 1 salary
  2. 2 wage
xīn zī
  1. 1 salary
xīn chóu
  1. 1 pay
  2. 2 remuneration
  3. 3 salary
  4. 4 reward
xīn jīn
  1. 1 salary
  2. 2 wage
gāo xīn
  1. 1 high salary
gōng xīn zú
  1. 1 salaried class
dǐ xīn
  1. 1 basic salary
  2. 2 base pay
  3. 3 salary floor
rì xīn
  1. 1 daily wage
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
jiǎn xīn
  1. 1 to cut wages
fā xīn
  1. 1 to pay wages or salary
xīn
  1. 1 fuel
  2. 2 salary
zhōu xīn
  1. 1 weekly salary

Idioms (8)

厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
薪火相传
xīn huǒ xiāng chuán
  1. 1 lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

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