侵限 qīn xiàn intrusion / perimeter breach / (esp.) (of a person or a foreign object) to breach the perimeter surrounding railway tracks 负责任 負責任 fù zé rèn to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible 卸责 卸責 xiè zé to avoid responsibility / to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement) 打进 打進 dǎ jìn to breach / to invade 违纪 違紀 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle syn 突破口 tū pò kǒu breach / gap / breakthrough point 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough / to break through / to breach (military) syn 决堤 決隄 jué dī (of a watercourse) to breach its dike / (of dikes) to collapse 裂口 liè kǒu breach / split / rift / vent (volcanic crater) syn 前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn 毁约 毀約 huǐ yuē to break a promise / breach of contract 决口 決口 jué kǒu (of a watercourse) to breach its banks / (of a dam) to burst syn 决 決 jué to decide / to determine / to execute (sb) / (of a dam etc) to breach or burst / definitely / certainly syn 违时绝俗 違時絕俗 wéi shí jué sú to defy the times and reject custom (idiom) / in breach of current conventions 大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) syn 翻墙 翻牆 fān qiáng lit. to climb over the wall / fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China 重大违反 material breach 破坏和平 breach of the peace 违反禁运 違反禁運 embargo breach 违犯军纪 違犯軍紀 breach of discipline 箍煲 gū bāo to heal the breach (Cantonese) 责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility / blame / duty / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 负责 負責 fù zé to be responsible for / to be in charge of / to bear responsibility for / conscientious syn 承担 承擔 chéng dān to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc) syn 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 职责 職責 zhí zé duty / responsibility / obligation syn 负担 負擔 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden syn 自负 自負 zì fù conceited / to take responsibility syn 免责 免責 miǎn zé exemption from responsibility syn 责任感 責任感 zé rèn gǎn sense of responsibility 责任制 責任制 zé rèn zhì system of job responsibility 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility syn 过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) syn 刑事责任 刑事責任 xíng shì zé rèn criminal responsibility 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 艰巨 艱巨 jiān jù (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult / challenging / demanding syn 分外 fèn wài exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job syn 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 责任心 責任心 zé rèn xīn sense of responsibility 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 担子 擔子 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:副[fu4] syn 有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc) / to be concerned / to be involved 推卸 tuī xiè to avoid (esp. responsibility) / to shift (the blame) / to pass the buck syn 包揽 包攬 bāo lǎn to monopolize / to take on responsibility over everything / to undertake the whole task syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution syn 干系 干係 gān xì responsibility syn 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 包干 包乾 bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task 推诿 推諉 tuī wěi to shirk responsibility / to blame others / to pass the buck syn 独当一面 獨當一面 dú dāng yī miàn to assume personal responsibility (idiom) / to take charge of a section syn 引咎 yǐn jiù to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake) syn 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility syn 担待 擔待 dān dài to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility syn 自负盈亏 自負盈虧 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility 总揽 總攬 zǒng lǎn to assume full responsibility / to be in full control / to monopolize syn 重责 重責 zhòng zé heavy responsibility / serious criticism 事权 事權 shì quán position / authority / responsibility syn 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 专责 專責 zhuān zé specific responsibility syn 责任区 責任區 zé rèn qū area of responsibility 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 承当 承當 chéng dāng to bear (responsibility) / to take on / to assume syn 倒换 倒換 dǎo huàn to take turns / to rotate (responsibility) syn 推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage syn 责 責 zé duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame syn 担 擔 dān to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility syn 耍滑 shuǎ huá to resort to tricks / to act in a slippery way / to try to evade (work, responsibility) syn 塞责 塞責 sè zé to carry out one's duties perfunctorily / to fulfill one's responsibility 归 歸 guī to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor syn 荷 hè to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility syn 揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize / to seize / to take into one's arms / to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc) / to canvass syn 一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders 份外 fèn wài (adv) especially / (n) not ones responsibility or job 推来推去 推來推去 tuī lái tuī qù (idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others 互相扯皮 hù xiāng chě pí to pass the buck / to shirk responsibility 仔肩 zī jiān to bear responsibility for sth 倒替 dǎo tì to take turns (responsibility) / to replace 偷安 tōu ān to shirk responsibility / thoughtless pleasure-seeking syn 分内 分內 fèn nèi within one's area of responsibility syn 国家兴亡，匹夫有责 國家興亡，匹夫有責 guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. 城门失火，殃及池鱼 城門失火，殃及池魚 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 天下興亡，匹夫有責 tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. 好汉做事，好汉当 好漢做事，好漢當 hǎo hàn zuò shì , hǎo hàn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here 引咎辞职 引咎辭職 yǐn jiù cí zhí to admit responsibility and resign 患难见弃 患難見棄 huàn nàn jiàn qì to leave somebody holding the baby / to shrug responsibility (idiom) 应分 應分 yīng fèn (of a course of action) within one's area of responsibility / expected of one / obligatory (for a person in that role) 承头 承頭 chéng tóu to take responsibility 接下 jiē xià to take on (a responsibility) syn 敢做敢当 敢做敢當 gǎn zuò gǎn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here 梁木 liáng mù beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) 甩包袱 shuǎi bāo fu lit. to fling off a bundle / fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth / to wash one's hands of the matter 盈亏自负 盈虧自負 yíng kuī zì fù responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility 监牧 監牧 jiān mù shepherd / Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry / pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish) 联产到户 聯產到戶 lián chǎn dào hù household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state 脱卸 脫卸 tuō xiè to evade responsibility / to shirk 农村家庭联产承包责任制 農村家庭聯產承包責任制 nóng cūn jiā tíng lián chǎn chéng bāo zé rèn zhì rural household contract responsibility system, PRC government policy linking rural income to productivity 