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 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 夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night / at night / nighttime syn 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night 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 通宵 tōng xiāo all night / throughout the night syn 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn 执勤 執勤 zhí qín to be on duty (of a security guard etc) syn 夜色 yè sè night scene / the dim light of night 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 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 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 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row 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 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 半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night 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 关税 關稅 guān shuì customs duty / tariff 轮值 輪值 lún zhí to take turns on duty syn 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility syn 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom) / all night long / day and night syn 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 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 当夜 當夜 dàng yè that very night / the same night syn 星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night 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 夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night syn 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 夜行 yè xíng night walk / night departure / nocturnal 尽到 盡到 jìn dào to fulfill (one's duty etc) 夜游 夜遊 yè yóu to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk 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 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn 当值 當值 dāng zhí to be on duty 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 值日生 zhí rì shēng student on duty / prefect 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 捐税 捐稅 juān shuì tax / levy / duty / impost syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 夜晚 yè wǎn night / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 过夜 過夜 guò yè to spend the night / overnight syn 睡衣 shuì yī night clothes / pajamas syn 深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn 黑夜 hēi yè night 夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) syn 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 夜班 yè bān night shift syn 留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 