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任
Mandarin: ren4
Definitions
  1. 1 to assign
  2. 2 to appoint
  3. 3 to take up a post
  4. 4 office
  5. 5 responsibility
  6. 6 to let
  7. 7 to allow
  8. 8 to give free rein to
  9. 9 no matter (how, what etc)
  10. 10 classifier for the number of terms served in office, post, or rank
  11. 11 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
任
[1] appoint; assign; nominate [2] assume; take up; hold [3] official post; offic
Words containing 任
刑事責任年齡
age of penal responsibility; age of criminal responsibility
常任理事國
a permanent member of the UN security council
無任
very; extremely; immensely
勝任
competence, competency
系主任
faculty/department chairman
任天堂
Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and software company h
長期委任
[v] canonize
布置任務
to assign a task
任人宰割
allow others to manipulate and humiliate oneself
任勞任怨
endure hard work and criticism; be both willing and enduring
肩負重任
Heavy responsibility
侍應主任
captain
不負責任的言論
irresponsible remarks
接任
replace; succeed
任揀
select as you like
任職
hold an office or post
任意
arbitrarily; at will; at random
委任
appoint
負責任
to take responsibility for an incident (literally: bear responsibility)
突擊任務
a rush job
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