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duty; position; manage; only
Meanings
6 senses · 17 examplesnoun
duty; responsibility; post
Refers to the formal duties and obligations of a position.
He seriously fulfilled his duties.
We should clearly understand our own responsibilities.
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Protecting the environment is the bounden duty of every citizen.
This position grants him corresponding duties and powers.
As a teacher, his duty is to educate and teach students.
noun
position; post; job
Refers to a specific official or professional employment position.
The company is making personnel transfers for the new department.
He is still pursuing a master's degree while working.
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He took up a position at this state-owned enterprise through a job fair.
She holds several concurrent positions and is very busy every day.
The management decided to remove him from his position as department head.
noun
archaic self-reference
archaicOnly used in historical official documents as a self-address by subordinates to their superiors.
We subordinates have come to report as ordered.
I am here waiting for the superior's orders.
verb
to manage; to be in charge of
formalFormal, used to describe taking charge of a specific area of work.
He is in charge of the company's financial power.
The State Council manages national administrative affairs.
adverb
only; merely; just
literaryLiterary and formal usage, rarely used in modern spoken Chinese.
This matter is only this much, no need to worry too much.
His contribution is only this much, not worth boasting about.
noun
surname Zhi
Used as a Chinese family name.
Mr. Zhi is a senior historian.