担子
dàn​zi HSK7

carrying pole

担子 (擔子) dàn​zi
carrying pole noun
a shoulder pole and the loads suspended from it

他挑起担子去市场卖菜。

tā tiāo​qǐ dàn​zi qù shì​chǎng mài cài.

He shouldered his load and went to the market to sell vegetables.

responsibility noun
a heavy task, burden, or metaphorical responsibility

教育孩子的担子很重。

jiào​yù hái​zi de dàn​zi hěn zhòng.

The burden of educating children is very heavy.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.22 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.07 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)