xuān shì jiù zhídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to swear the oath of office
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Original source entry:

宣誓就職 宣誓就职 [xuan1 shi4 jiu4 zhi2] /to swear the oath of office/

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Other forms in these source records: 宣誓就職

  • 宣
    xuān

    to declare (publicly) / to announce

    Xuān

    surname Xuan

  • 誓
    shì

    oath / vow / to swear / to pledge

  • 就
    jiù

    (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiù shì]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (bound form) to reach / to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yī cù ér jiù]) / (pattern: 就[jiù] ... 也[yě] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bù] ... 就[jiù] ...) if not ... then must be ...

  • 职
    zhí

    office / duty

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