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后任

hòu rèn

2-character word Traditional 後任

What 后任 means

1. successor
2. to take up a position subsequently as ...
3. (attributive) future; subsequent

The characters in 后任

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Sounds the same

Read hòu rèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 候任-elect; designate; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)

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