chéng dāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
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Original source entry:

承擔 承担 [cheng2 dan1] /to undertake/to assume (responsibility etc)/

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Other forms in these source records: 承擔

  • 承
    chéng

    to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive

    Chéng

    surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

  • 担
    dān

    to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility

    dàn

    picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole

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