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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
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
to trust / to have confidence in
HSK 3
any; whatever; whichever
HSK 3
to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
HSK 4
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙|纸
HSK 7-9
responsibility / blame / duty / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
term of office / CL: 屆|届 / tenure (entire period in office)
HSK 7-9
to be in office; incumbent
any / arbitrary / at will / at random
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
surname Ren
Nintendo
to appoint / to assign
term of office / while holding a post
to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor
HSK 7-9
to get trampled on (idiom) / to be taken advantage of
HSK 7-9
to take up a post; to start in a new job
HSK 7-9
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
to attend / to take office / to be present (in administrative capacity)
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
heavy responsibility
HSK 7-9
to hold a teaching position
qualified / competent (professionally) / to be up to a task
HSK 7-9
to hold a post; to take office
HSK 7-9
to take office / to assume a post
HSK 7-9
any / either
(computing) task manager
(of one person) to hold the successive posts of / (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
to appoint and dismiss
-elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
presidential term of office / presidency
to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible
(idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
as you see fit / to do as one likes
free kick
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
next office holder / next to serve
to hold a concurrent post / part-time; (in academia) adjunct
HSK 7-9
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
to promote and appoint
to take office; to assume a post
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer
to take over (as minister, manager etc)
teacher in charge of a class
Renqiu, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市, Hebei
legal responsibility; liability
to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office
HSK 7-9
to give classes / to work as a teacher
sense of responsibility
at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime)
appointment to an important post
to transfer / to move to another post
to be promoted to
multitasking (computing)
to let things take their course (idiom) / to leave it to nature / laissez-faire
to fill a post of; to act as
to allow (sb to have his head) / to let things happen
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
to appoint
newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office)
willful / headstrong / unruly
editor in charge
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
to make it one's business / to take upon oneself to
to occupy a post currently / current (president etc); incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
HSK 7-9
to let (sth happen) / to allow (sb to do sth) / to submit to / to yield
(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
taskbar (computing)
sense of responsibility
to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies
(of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
to be appointed or elevated to a post
to appoint (to a position) / appointed
HSK 7-9
to appoint
to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
system of job responsibility
to leave office / to leave one's post
motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates)
to appoint / to be appointed
permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
extremely (pleased, grateful etc)
successor
responsible person / coordinator
Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future; subsequent
civil liability (law)
(idiom) to take a laissez-faire attitude; to turn a blind eye (towards sth undesirable)
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) / to let sb have his head
competency
trusty
laissez-faire policy; non-interference

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