







downsizing
staff reduction
layoffs
Half of the posts will be lost through natural wastage.
The proposed budget includes more than $1 billion in cuts that will shrink the police department through attrition, have halted some ambulance shifts, and have suspended plastic and glass recycling.

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Open the tool →减员 (jiǎn yuán) means “downsizing, staff reduction, layoffs”.
减员 is pronounced jiǎn yuán in Mandarin Chinese.
“downsizing” is 减员 (jiǎn yuán) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 减员, each with pinyin and an English translation.