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superfluous staff

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

rong3yuan2 rǒngyuán

Meaning


Primary

superfluous staff

Alternatives

superfluous members, superfluous personnel, superfluous employee, redundant staff, redundant personnel, redundant employee

Mnemonic


冗员 Superfluous staff refers to 员 members of a company that are 冗 superfluous because their tasks are done by someone else.

Usage


公司 决定 裁减 冗员。

The company decided to lay off superfluous staff.

企业 需要 精简 冗员 来 降低 成本。

Companies need to reduce superfluous staff to lower costs.

冗员 太多 会 影响 工作 效率。

Too many superfluous staff will affect work efficiency.