卸 xiè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 卩 — seal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
卸任
xièrèn
to leave office; to step down from a post
Characters in this word
任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 市长卸任前仍坚持推动住房改革，以免政策半途而废。 Shìzhǎng xièrèn qián réng jiānchí tuīdòng zhùfáng gǎigé, yǐmiǎn zhèngcè bàntú'érfèi. Before leaving office, the mayor still insisted on pushing housing reform forward so that the policy would not be abandoned halfway.
- 董事长昨天正式卸任，把工作交给了年轻人。 Dǒngshìzhǎng zuótiān zhèngshì xièrèn, bǎ gōngzuò jiāo gěi le niánqīngrén. The chairman formally stepped down yesterday, handing the work over to the younger generation.
- 他卸任后搬到了乡下的老房子里住。 Tā xièrèn hòu bān dào le xiāngxià de lǎo fángzi lǐ zhù. After leaving office, he moved into an old house in the countryside.
Related words
- 推卸 tuīxiè to shirk; to evade responsibility
- 卸 xiè to unload; to remove; to shift responsibility
- 卸载 xièzài to unload; to uninstall
- 任 rèn to serve as; to hold a post
- 任 rèn to let; no matter
- 任何 rènhé any
- 任务 rènwu task
- 信任 xìnrèn to trust
- 责任 zérèn responsibility
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head
- 担任 dānrèn to serve as; to hold a position
- 出任 chūrèn to take up a post; to serve as