吊销
diàoxiāo
to revoke; to cancel a licence or permit
Characters in this word
销 xiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 该企业多次篡改检测数据，监管部门决定吊销其生产许可证。 Gāi qǐyè duō cì cuàngǎi jiǎncè shùjù, jiānguǎn bùmén juédìng diàoxiāo qí shēngchǎn xǔkězhèng. The company repeatedly falsified testing data, so the regulator decided to revoke its production licence.
- 酒后开车的司机被吊销了驾照。 Jiǔ hòu kāichē de sījī bèi diàoxiāo le jiàzhào. The driver who drove after drinking had his licence revoked.
- 这家饭馆卫生太差，营业执照被吊销了。 Zhè jiā fànguǎn wèishēng tài chà, yíngyè zhízhào bèi diàoxiāo le. This restaurant's hygiene was so poor that its business licence was revoked.
Related words
- 吊 diào to hang, to suspend
- 提心吊胆 tíxīndiàodǎn to be very anxious; to be on tenterhooks
- 促销 cùxiāo sale; promotion
- 推销 tuīxiāo to promote and sell
- 销售 xiāoshòu sales; to sell
- 畅销 chàngxiāo to sell well
- 撤销 chèxiāo to cancel, to abolish
- 报销 bàoxiāo to reimburse; to claim expenses
- 开销 kāixiāo expenses; expenditure
- 倾销 qīngxiāo to dump goods; dumping
- 热销 rèxiāo to sell well; to be hot-selling
- 销 xiāo to sell; to market; to cancel