Definition

1. Verb:
   • To dismiss, to fire, to sack: To officially remove someone from their job, typically due to poor performance, misconduct, or economic reasons. It implies a permanent termination of employment initiated by the employer.
   • To discharge, to lay off: To let employees go, often due to organizational restructuring, downsizing, or the elimination of a position.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty đã sa thải hàng trăm nhân viên. (The company dismissed hundreds of employees.)
  • Anh ấy bị sa thải vì vi phạm nội quy nghiêm trọng. (He was fired for a serious violation of the rules.)
  • Họ có thể sa thải tôi nếu tôi không đạt chỉ tiêu. (They could sack me if I don't meet the target.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "sa thải" carries a formal and often severe connotation. It is commonly used in legal, administrative, and business contexts to describe involuntary job termination.
• It is typically used in the passive voice ("bị sa thải") to emphasize the action being done to the employee.

Variants and Related Words

• Cho thôi việc (v): To let someone leave their job; can be a slightly more neutral or formal term for dismissal or resignation by mutual agreement.
• Đuổi việc (v): To fire; a more direct and colloquial term, often implying immediate dismissal for cause.
• Cắt giảm nhân sự (v): To downsize, to make staff redundant; focuses on the reduction of workforce for economic reasons.

Synonyms

• Dismiss: To remove from employment or service.
• Terminate: To bring to an end, especially an employment contract.
• Let go: A more euphemistic phrase for dismissing someone.
• Lay off: To dismiss employees, usually temporarily or due to lack of work.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nhận giấy sa thải: To receive a pink slip / dismissal notice.
  • Sáng nay, anh ta đã nhận giấy sa thải. (This morning, he received his dismissal notice.)
• Làn sóng sa thải: A wave of layoffs.
  • Nền kinh tế suy thoái dẫn đến một làn sóng sa thải. (The economic recession led to a wave of layoffs.)

verb

1. to dismiss, to sack
   • Anh ta bị sa thải rồi
     He's been sacked has got sacked