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  • 1

    v.rejoin one's unit; (of soldiers) report for duty; return to one's former party

    • jì rán tā de shāng yǐ jīng hǎo le kě yǐ guī duì le

      既然已经可以归队

      Now that his wound has healed, he can go back to her unit.

    • tā zài dì fang dà xué shòu xùn sān nián hòu yòu guī duì le

      地方大学受训归队

      She went back to her unit after three years' training in a local university.

    • rú guǒ nǐ tóng yì tā guī duì qǐng jǔ shǒu

      如果同意归队

      If you'd like him back with us, raise your hand.

  • 2

    v.metareturn to one's former profession

    • tā shì xué yě jīn de bì yè zhī hòu gǎi háng zuò le duō nián xíng zhèng gōng zuò xiàn zài guī duì le

      冶金毕业之后改行多年行政工作现在归队

      He is a metallurgy major who did an office job for many years after graduation, but now has taken up his profession again.

    • qián liǎng nián gǎi háng zuò qí tā gōng zuò de jiào shī men xiàn zài zhú jiàn guī duì le

      改行其他工作教师现在逐渐归队

      Those teachers who went in for other jobs during the past two years are now gradually returning to their teaching posts.

Word usage

  • "归" and "队" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • He returned to the ranks after visit his relatives.

    • 可能不了

      The snow is getting heavier and heavier and we may not be able to get back to the ranks before dark.

    • 改行现在

      He had changed his occupation for years and now returns to his former ranks.