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担当

dān dāng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 擔當

担当 (dān dāng) means "to take upon oneself; to assume". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 担当 means

1. to take upon oneself
2. to assume

The characters in 担当

• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

Example sentences

• 他要负责任，但这责任他可担当不了。
  He had to be responsible, but this was a responsibility that he couldn’t bear.

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