辞
cí
old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad; variant of 詞|词[ci2]
tongue (舌) + hardship (辛) = painful parting words
Speaking harsh or difficult words — as when formally resigning, declining, or bidding farewell — captures the core tension between tongue and hardship. The tongue shapes words; 辛 evokes the painful weight those words sometimes carry.
他决定辞去公司的工作，去追求自己的梦想。
tā juédìng cí qù gōngsī de gōngzuò，qù zhuīqiú zìjǐ de mèngxiǎng。
He decided to resign from his job at the company to pursue his own dreams.
她以身体不好为由，辞掉了那份压力很大的职位。
tā yǐ shēntǐ bù hǎo wéi yóu，cí diào le nà fèn yālì hěn dà de zhíwèi。
She used poor health as a reason to resign from that very stressful position.
Words with 辞
卜辞
bǔ cí
oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
隐约其辞
yǐn yuē qí cí
equivocal speech
难辞其咎
nán cí qí jiù
cannot escape censure (idiom)
颂辞
sòng cí
variant of 頌詞|颂词[song4 ci2]
类语辞典
lèi yǔ cí diǎn
thesaurus
丽辞
lì cí
beautiful wordage
一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn
left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不辞劳苦
bù cí láo kǔ
to spare no effort
不辞而别
bù cí ér bié
to leave without saying good-bye
不辞辛苦
bù cí xīn kǔ
to make nothing of hardships
偏辞
piān cí
one-sided words