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HSK
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
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
any; whatever; whichever
HSK 3
any / arbitrary / at will / at random
HSK 7-9
to hold a post; to take office
HSK 7-9
to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙|纸
HSK 7-9
term of office / CL: 屆|届 / tenure (entire period in office)
HSK 7-9
to get trampled on (idiom) / to be taken advantage of
HSK 7-9
Nintendo
to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
surname Ren
to appoint / to assign
willful / headstrong / unruly
Rencheng district of Jining city 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
period in office
to appoint (sb to a post)
to give classes / to work as a teacher
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
(idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
at one's discretion
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Renqiu, county-level city in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
chivalrous / helping the weak for the sake of justice
to hold a teaching position
to allow (sb to have his head) / to let things happen
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) / to let sb have his head
appointment to an important post
certificate of appointment (to government office)
to appoint and dismiss
as you see fit / to do as one likes
Rencheng district of Jining city 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
taskbar (computing)
any one of (a list of possibilities)
term of office / while holding a post
to take the blame
free kick
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
any / either
to allow (sth to happen)
to let things take their course (idiom) / to leave it to nature / laissez-faire
(computing) task manager
Ren An (-c. 90 BC), Han Dynasty general, also called Ren Shaoqing 任少卿
to let oneself go / to do as much as one pleases
no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
one's office; place where one holds a post
to act on impulse
Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
dissipated / unruly


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