上任 shàng rèn
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shàng rèn
verb
to take up an official post
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '上任'; Guoyu '上任' 1) -
shàng rèn
noun
predecessor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '上任'; Guoyu '上任' 2)
Contained in
- 新官上任三把火 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office
- 走马上任(走馬上任) to ride to take up an official appointment; to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第九回 Chapter 9 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 卷四十二 唐書18: 明宗本紀八 Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
- 卷九十六 志第四十五上: 食貨四 Volume 96 Treatises 49: Finance and Economics 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 卷10 志第5 禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 49 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二十回 Chapter 20 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 上任去 (上任去) 除別郡司馬上任去了 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 6
- 上任事 (上任事) 就令依上任事 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷一百〇一 志第四十九: 兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 — count: 2