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重任

zhòngrèn

heavy responsibility; important task

A person carries a heavy basket up a mountain toward a flag on the peak
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Characters in this word

重 zhòng

Strokes
9
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
千 thousand 里 inside
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

  • 在产业升级的关键阶段,年轻工程师被赋予突破核心技术的重任。 Zài chǎnyè shēngjí de guānjiàn jiēduàn, niánqīng gōngchéngshī bèi fùyǔ tūpò héxīn jìshù de zhòngrèn. At a crucial stage of industrial upgrading, young engineers were entrusted with the important task of breaking through core technologies.
  • 妈妈把照顾弟弟的重任交给了姐姐。 Māma bǎ zhàogù dìdi de zhòngrèn jiāo gěile jiějie. Mom entrusted the important task of looking after her little brother to the older sister.
  • 接下这个重任后,他每天加班到深夜。 Jiēxià zhège zhòngrèn hòu, tā měitiān jiābān dào shēnyè. After taking on this heavy responsibility, he works overtime late into the night.

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