走馬上任
zǒu​mǎ​shàng​rèn

to take office

  • created sense approved 走马上任/走馬上任 · zǒu​mǎ​shàng​rèn · to take office — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    走马上任 / 走馬上任

    zǒu​mǎ​shàng​rèn

    to take office

    (idiom) to take office; to assume a new post; sometimes used humorously to describe starting a new job or task

    走马, 上任

    走马 (literal) → 走马/走馬 · zǒu​mǎ · to ride 上任 (literal) → 上任 · shàng​rèn · to take office

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense