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 任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn 日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily 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 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day 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 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check 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 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 执勤 執勤 zhí qín to be on duty (of a security guard etc) syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day 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 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 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post 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 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 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 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 繁重 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous 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 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 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 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day 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 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 守备 守備 shǒu bèi to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty syn 值班室 zhí bān shì Duty Room 关税 關稅 guān shuì customs duty / tariff 轮值 輪值 lún zhí to take turns on duty syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility syn 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 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 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running 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 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 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 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 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 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 当值 當值 dāng zhí to be on duty 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 亲赴 親赴 qīn fù to travel to (a place where duty calls) 本份 běn fèn one's duty 人人有责 人人有責 rén rén yǒu zé it is everyone's duty 植树节 植樹節 zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4] 国际劳动节 國際勞動節 guó jì láo dòng jié May Day / International Labor Day (May 1) 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 值日生 zhí rì shēng student on duty / prefect 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 孝悌 xiào tì filial piety and fraternal duty 值 zhí value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty syn 职 職 zhí office / duty syn 扛 káng to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc) syn 责 責 zé duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame syn 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 捐税 捐稅 juān shuì tax / levy / duty / impost syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 