重责

重責

zhòngzé

noun

Meanings

1 heavy responsibility
2 serious blame
3 severe reprimand

Characters

responsibility / blame

Examples

他肩负着保家卫国的重责。

Tā jiānfùzhe bǎo jiā wèi guó de zhòngzé.

He shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending home and country.

出了事故，经理难辞其重责。

Chūle shìgù, jīnglǐ nán cí qí zhòngzé.

When the accident happened, the manager could not escape serious blame.

Tips

usage

Two readings depending on context: zhòngzé as a noun = "heavy duty / serious blame"; the verb 重责 (chóng zé) means "to severely reprimand." Frequency in CC-CEDICT marks zhòng4 as primary.

Stroke Order

重 zhòng

责 zé