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仔肩

Word · NounTraditional仔

responsibility; burden; load

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

responsibility; burden; charge; load

literary

Literary term used to denote duties or burdens that one must bear, most commonly encountered in the compound 仔肩. Rarely used alone in modern contexts.

Tā他
yǒng勇
yú于
chéng承
dān担
zī仔
jiān肩
 ,
dài带
lǐng领
tuán团
duì队
dù渡
guò过
nán难
guān关
 。

He bravely shouldered the responsibility and led the team through the crisis.

Zhè这
xiàng项
zī仔
jiān肩
tài太
zhòng重
 ,
tā他
kǒng恐
nán难
yǐ以
fù负
hè荷
 。

This burden is too heavy; he fears he cannot bear it.

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Yǐ以
jiǎn减
qīng轻
bǎi百
xìng姓
de的
zī仔
jiān肩
wéi为
jǐ己
rèn任
 。

To make lightening the people's burden one's own duty.