接 jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn 重 zhòng heavy / serious / to attach importance to syn 任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility / blame / duty / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 职责 職責 zhí zé duty / responsibility / obligation syn 义务 義務 yì wù duty / obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]) / volunteer (work etc) syn 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 拖车 拖車 tuō chē to tow / towed vehicle / towing vehicle syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 报到 報到 bào dào to report for duty / to check in / to register syn 值班 zhí bān to work a shift / on duty syn 飞车 飛車 fēi chē fast-moving vehicle / to drive or ride a vehicle at high speed 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 重金属 重金屬 zhòng jīn shǔ heavy metal 大雨 dà yǔ heavy rain / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 执勤 執勤 zhí qín to be on duty (of a security guard etc) syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 玩忽职守 玩忽職守 wán hū zhí shǒu to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty / malpractice syn 失职 失職 shī zhí to neglect one's duty / to be guilty of dereliction of duty syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 殉职 殉職 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty syn 重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn 专职 專職 zhuān zhí special duty / assigned full time to a task syn 渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing / failure to do one's duty syn 尽责 盡責 jìn zé to do one's duty / to do one's bit conscientiously syn 机师 機師 jī shī (aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator 放哨 fàng shào to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol syn 站岗 站崗 zhàn gǎng to stand guard / to serve on sentry duty syn 负重 負重 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden syn 笨重 bèn zhòng heavy / cumbersome / unwieldy / laborious / arduous syn 守门 守門 shǒu mén to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 繁重 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 厚重 hòu zhòng thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified syn 天职 天職 tiān zhí vocation / duty / mission in life syn 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn 现役 現役 xiàn yì (military) active duty syn 义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty) syn 仁至义尽 仁至義盡 rén zhì yì jìn extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) / meticulous virtue and attention to duty syn 守备 守備 shǒu bèi to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty syn 值班室 zhí bān shì Duty Room 重武器 zhòng wǔ qì heavy weapon 关税 關稅 guān shuì customs duty / tariff 浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense syn 出车 出車 chū chē to dispatch a vehicle / (of a vehicle or its driver) to set off syn 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 轮值 輪值 lún zhí to take turns on duty syn 重活 zhòng huó heavy work 重负 重負 zhòng fù heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax) syn 重水 zhòng shuǐ heavy water (chemistry) 重炮 重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility syn 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 粗活 cū huó unskilled labor / heavy manual work 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 沉甸甸 chén diàn diàn heavy syn 重载 重載 zhòng zài heavy load (on a truck) 值日 zhí rì on day duty syn 尽义务 盡義務 jìn yì wù to fulfill one's duty / to work without asking for reward 印花税 印花稅 yìn huā shuì stamp duty 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 抚恤 撫恤 fǔ xù (of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 朝觐 朝覲 cháo jìn to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam) syn 值班员 値班員 zhí bān yuán duty clerk 尽孝 盡孝 jìn xiào to do one's filial duty 当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office) 主要任务 主要任務 zhǔ yào rèn wu main task / principal duty 保税区 保稅區 bǎo shuì qū duty-free district / tariff-free zone / bonded area 重工 zhòng gōng heavy industry 重工业 重工業 zhòng gōng yè heavy industry / manufacturing 尽到 盡到 jìn dào to fulfill (one's duty etc) 完税 完稅 wán shuì to pay tax / duty-paid syn 反倾销税 反傾銷稅 fǎn qīng xiāo shuì countervailing duty 值守 zhí shǒu (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 