reduce an official to the ranks of the people(xuē zhí wéi mín)

reduce an official to the ranks of the people

Dismissing one's official post for the people is a Chinese word, pronounced Xu ē zh í w é im í n, which means dismissing one's official post and demoting him to civilian.

explain

Remove from office and demote to civilian.

source

The 19th chapter of Chen Chen's Water Margin later biography in the Qing Dynasty: "Wang Yu was so angry that he reduced song Zhao's position to the people."

Chinese PinYin : xuē zhí wéi mín