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duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
duty / responsibility / obligation
HSK 6
to fulfill (one's obligations) / to carry out (a task) / to implement (an agreement) / to perform
HSK 7-9
to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage
HSK 7-9
(medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents
to owe a debt / debt / obligation
to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
sinecure / position with practically no obligations
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
(idiom) to take all one's family along; encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties
to carry out (obligation) conscientiously / to behave sincerely
(law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger
culture of honoring contractual obligations
(law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb)
collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond
civil obligation / a citizen's duty
to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair


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