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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *推* | 推* | *推
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
responsibility / blame / duty / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for / conscientious
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *归* | 归* | *归
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
HSK 4
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden
HSK 4
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肩* | 肩* | *肩
shoulder / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
HSK 5
duty / responsibility / obligation
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *担* | 担* | *担
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兜* | 兜* | *兜
pocket / bag / to wrap up or hold in a bag / to move in a circle / to canvas or solicit / to take responsibility for / to disclose in detail / combat armor (old)
HSK 7-9
heavy responsibility
HSK 7-9
carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揽* | 揽* | *揽
to monopolize; to seize / to take into one's arms; to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
HSK 7-9
mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
HSK 7-9
to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
HSK 7-9
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
HSK 7-9
conceited / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
HSK 7-9
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
HSK 7-9
to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
responsibility
specific responsibility
to monopolize / to take on responsibility over everything / to undertake the whole task
to share (costs, responsibilities) / to apportion
duty / responsibility / post
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
to shirk responsibility / to blame others / to pass the buck
to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge; manager / (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
within one's area of responsibility
to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)
to bear (responsibility) / to take on / to assume
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
position / authority / responsibility
to resort to tricks / to act in a slippery way / to try to evade (work, responsibility)
to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc / to demand contributions
heavy responsibility / serious criticism
(idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility
to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
to evade responsibility / to shirk
to take turns (responsibility) / to replace
to assume full responsibility / to be in full control / to monopolize
seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
to shirk responsibility / thoughtless pleasure-seeking
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *责* | 责* | *责
duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame
(of a course of action) within one's area of responsibility; expected of one; obligatory (for a person in that role)
to resist / to obstruct / to bear responsibility for
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
shepherd / Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry / pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish)
sense of responsibility
to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
relay baton / (fig.) responsibilities (passed over to one's successor)
legal responsibility; liability
to bear responsibility for sth
exemption from responsibility
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
full responsibility
to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck
system of job responsibility
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other / passing the buck to and fro / each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law)
to admit responsibility and resign
to evade responsibility / to shirk
to have a share of (responsibility etc) / to be concerned / to be involved
breach of responsibility / failure to carry out one's duty
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
to kick a ball around / (fig.) to mutually shirk responsibility / to pass the buck
rural household contract responsibility system, PRC government policy linking rural income to productivity
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
to pass the buck / to shirk responsibility
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
to take responsibility
to take on (a responsibility)
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
lit. to fling off a bundle / fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth / to wash one's hands of the matter
in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state
to bear / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
(coll.) to break loose / to shake off responsibility

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