责无旁贷

責無旁貸

zéwú-pángdài

idiom #40,767

Meanings

HSK 4

保护环境，人人责无旁贷。

Bǎohù huánjìng, rénrén zéwúpángdài.

Everyone has an unshirkable duty to protect the environment.

HSK 4

作为队长，他责无旁贷。

Zuòwéi duìzhǎng, tā zéwúpángdài.

As captain, he cannot pass off this responsibility.

HSK 5

照顾父母是子女责无旁贷的义务。

Zhàogù fùmǔ shì zǐnǚ zéwúpángdài de yìwù.

Caring for parents is a duty children cannot shirk.

memory

贷 means 'to lend / pass on' (as in 信贷). 责无旁贷 = 'responsibility has no one else to lend to' - it's yours, you can't loan it out.

责 zé

无 wú

旁 páng

贷 dài