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HSK
any; whatever; whichever
HSK 3
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
responsibility / blame / duty / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to trust / to have confidence in
HSK 3
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  *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
to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
HSK 4
to take up a post; to start in a new job
HSK 7-9
any / arbitrary / at will / at random
HSK 7-9
to hold a post; to take office
HSK 7-9
to occupy a post currently / current (president etc); incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
HSK 7-9
to hold a concurrent post / part-time; (in academia) adjunct
HSK 7-9
heavy responsibility
HSK 7-9
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
to take office / to assume a post
HSK 7-9
to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor
HSK 7-9
to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙|纸
HSK 7-9
qualified / competent (professionally) / to be up to a task
HSK 7-9
to appoint (to a position) / appointed
HSK 7-9
to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office
HSK 7-9
to get trampled on (idiom) / to be taken advantage of
HSK 7-9
term of office / CL: 屆|届 / tenure (entire period in office)
HSK 7-9
Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
Nintendo
to travel to take up a new post
full-time / to appoint sb to a specific task
to appoint
to transfer / to move to another post
first person to be appointed to a post
newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office)
(of one person) to hold the successive posts of / (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
to leave office / to leave one's post
to succeed sb in a job / successor
willful / headstrong / unruly
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future; subsequent
to appoint and dismiss
to leave office
to take office; to assume a post
to give classes / to work as a teacher
to hold a teaching position
to be promoted to
to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
to take over (as minister, manager etc)
teacher in charge of a class
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
(idiom) to take a laissez-faire attitude; to turn a blind eye (towards sth undesirable)
(idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
to promote and appoint
to remain in office; to hold on to one's job
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
to let things take their course (idiom) / to leave it to nature / laissez-faire
special appointment
to let (sth happen) / to allow (sb to do sth) / to submit to / to yield
at one's discretion
to fill a post of; to act as
not to be up to the task (idiom) / incompetent
(idiom) to take office; to assume a post
as you see fit / to do as one likes
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
then (as in "the then chairman")
deputy director / assistant head
chivalrous / helping the weak for the sake of justice
to resign (a position)
to be appointed or elevated to a post
to appoint / to be appointed
to retire / to leave one's position
rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU)
to attend / to take office / to be present (in administrative capacity)
one's office; place where one holds a post
appointment to an important post
to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies
editor in charge
sense of responsibility
successor
legal responsibility; liability
taskbar (computing)
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
liable / responsible
to make it one's business / to take upon oneself to
at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime)
liability insurance
civil liability (law)
dissipated / unruly
(computing) task manager
any / either
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
no-confidence motion
Rencheng district of Jining city 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
letter of appointment
system of job responsibility
to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law)
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
competency
Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
laissez-faire policy; non-interference
to evade responsibility / to shirk

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