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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
HSK 4
duty / responsibility / obligation
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歸* | 歸* | *歸
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
responsibility; duty; liability
HSK 3
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for / conscientious
HSK 3
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden
HSK 4
exemption from responsibility
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肩* | 肩* | *肩
shoulder / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to admit responsibility and resign
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other / passing the buck to and fro / each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
HSK 7-9
heavy responsibility
HSK 7-9
to take on (a responsibility)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *責* | 責* | *責
duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame
to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
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
(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
HSK 7-9
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
HSK 7-9
within one's area of responsibility
carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:
HSK 7-9
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
to bear (responsibility) / to take on / to assume
legal responsibility; liability
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
HSK 7-9
in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
relay baton / (fig.) responsibilities (passed over to one's successor)
conceited / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
sense of responsibility
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc / to demand contributions
seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攬* | 攬* | *攬
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
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
to bear responsibility for sth
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
to pass the buck / to shirk responsibility
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
to shirk responsibility / to blame others / to pass the buck
to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible
responsibility
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擔* | 擔* | *擔
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility
rural household contract responsibility system, PRC government policy linking rural income to productivity
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
HSK 7-9
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge; manager / (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
to share (costs, responsibilities) / to apportion
to evade responsibility / to shirk
full responsibility
to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility
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
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)
to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law)
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
position / authority / responsibility
to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
(of a course of action) within one's area of responsibility; expected of one; obligatory (for a person in that role)
to take responsibility
(idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
system of job responsibility
to take turns (responsibility) / to replace
to evade responsibility / to shirk
to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck
sense of responsibility
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
to shirk responsibility / thoughtless pleasure-seeking
to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
to have a share of (responsibility etc) / to be concerned / to be involved
to assume full responsibility / to be in full control / to monopolize
responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
to kick a ball around / (fig.) to mutually shirk responsibility / to pass the buck
shepherd / Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry / pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish)
to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom)
to resist / to obstruct / to bear responsibility for
to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
lit. to fling off a bundle / fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth / to wash one's hands of the matter
duty / responsibility / post
(coll.) to break loose / to shake off 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
to carry out a task personally / to take responsibility for
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
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)
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
to resort to tricks / to act in a slippery way / to try to evade (work, responsibility)

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