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责任

responsibility; duty

责任
zérèn2nd tone
Pinyin
zérèn
Strokes
14
In episodes
2

Stroke order for 责任

责任 is written with 14 strokes (: 8, : 6). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 4. Often used with 是...的责任 (it is ...'s responsibility). Example: 这是他们的责任 (this is their responsibility).

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他说,他们当时没有做好,这是他们的责任

He said they did not do well at the time, and this was their responsibility.

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Difficulty

第二个大一些:当一个人已经尽到了所有人都认可的责任,是什么让他再往回走一趟?

The second is bigger: when someone has discharged every duty anyone would recognise, what makes them go back one more time?

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