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重任

zhòng rèn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

重任 (zhòng rèn) means "heavy responsibility". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 重任 means

1. heavy responsibility

The characters in 重任

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Example sentences

• 他身肩重任。
  A great responsibility lies on his shoulders.

Words containing 重任

• 委以重任wěi yǐ zhòng rèn(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task

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