Chinese word dictionary

擅离职守

shàn lí zhí shǒu · to abscond; to be absent without leave

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Word information

Simplified擅离职守

Traditional擅離職守

Pinyinshàn lí zhí shǒu

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

擅shàn

to claim, to monopolize; arbitrary

离lí

rare beast; strange; elegant

职zhí

duty, profession; office, post

守shǒu

to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait

How to learn 擅离职守

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Words with the same characters

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离lí

surname Li; to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲

离开líkāi

to depart; to leave

距离jùlí

distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from

远离yuǎnlí

to be far from; to keep away from

职业zhíyè

occupation; profession; vocation; professional

辞职cízhí

to resign