负责 負責 fù zé to be responsible for / to be in charge of / to bear responsibility for / conscientious syn 责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility / blame / duty / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 职责 職責 zhí zé duty / responsibility / obligation syn 逃避 táo bì to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk syn 承担 承擔 chéng dān to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc) syn 负担 負擔 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden syn 躲避 duǒ bì to hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties) syn 避开 避開 bì kāi to avoid / to evade / to keep away from syn 回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn 过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) syn 自负 自負 zì fù conceited / to take responsibility syn 责任感 責任感 zé rèn gǎn sense of responsibility 走漏 zǒu lòu to leak (information, secrets etc) / to smuggle and evade tax / to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) syn 干系 干係 gān xì responsibility syn 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 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 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 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility syn 逃税 逃稅 táo shuì to evade a tax syn 担子 擔子 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:副[fu4] syn 免责 免責 miǎn zé exemption from responsibility syn 推卸 tuī xiè to avoid (esp. responsibility) / to shift (the blame) / to pass the buck syn 躲闪 躲閃 duǒ shǎn to evade / to dodge (out of the way) syn 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 规避 規避 guī bì to evade / to dodge syn 担待 擔待 dān dài to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility syn 推脱 推脫 tuī tuō to evade / to shirk syn 推诿 推諉 tuī wěi to shirk responsibility / to blame others / 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 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 分外 fèn wài exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job 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 责无旁贷 責無旁貸 zé wú páng dài to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility syn 包干 包乾 bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 引咎 yǐn jiù to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake) 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 事权 事權 shì quán position / authority / responsibility syn 专责 專責 zhuān zé specific responsibility syn 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 责任制 責任制 zé rèn zhì system of job responsibility 刑事责任 刑事責任 xíng shì zé rèn criminal responsibility 负责任 負責任 fù zé rèn to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 闪躲 閃躲 shǎn duǒ to dodge / to evade syn 有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc) / to be concerned / to be involved 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 重责 重責 zhòng zé heavy responsibility / serious criticism 责任区 責任區 zé rèn qū area of responsibility 躲躲闪闪 躲躲閃閃 duǒ duǒ shǎn shǎn to evade / to dodge (out of the way) 承当 承當 chéng dāng to bear (responsibility) / to take on / to assume syn 错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver 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 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 担 擔 dān to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility syn 责 責 zé duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame 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 耍滑 shuǎ huá to resort to tricks / to act in a slippery way / to try to evade (work, responsibility) syn 分内 分內 fèn nèi within one's area of responsibility syn 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 倒换 倒換 dǎo huàn to take turns / to rotate (responsibility) syn 塞责 塞責 sè zé to carry out one's duties perfunctorily / to fulfill one's responsibility 引咎辞职 引咎辭職 yǐn jiù cí zhí to admit responsibility and resign 偷安 tōu ān to shirk responsibility / thoughtless pleasure-seeking 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 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 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) 倒账 倒賬 dǎo zhàng unrecoverable debt / bad debt / to evade debt 逃漏 táo lòu to evade (paying tax) / (tax) evasion 偷漏 tōu lòu to evade (taxes) 逃废 逃廢 táo fèi to evade (repayment of debts) 份外 fèn wài (adv) especially / (n) not ones responsibility or job 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 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. 失责 失責 shī zé breach of responsibility / failure to carry out one's duty 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 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 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 顶挡 頂擋 dǐng dǎng to resist / to obstruct / to bear responsibility for 