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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


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

Usage


公司 決定 裁減 冗員。

The company decided to lay off superfluous staff.

企業 需要 精簡 冗員 來 降低 成本。

Companies need to reduce superfluous staff to lower costs.

冗員 太多 會 影響 工作 效率。

Too many superfluous staff will affect work efficiency.