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上任 (shàng rèn) – to take office

shàng rèn

to take office

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-90 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to take office
  2. 2previous (incumbent)
  3. 3predecessor

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Related words

上

shǎng

used in 上声

任

rén

surname Ren

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

任何

rèn hé

any

任务

rèn wu

mission

信任

xìn rèn

to trust

责任

zé rèn

responsibility

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