上任 shàng rèn — take office

上任
shàng rèn

Characters: 上 · 任

Definitions

  1. take office

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. to take office
  2. previous (incumbent)
  3. predecessor

zdic(汉典)

  1. 官员就职
  2. 指前一任的官员

ExtDict

  1. 指官吏就职。

Examples

  • 新官上任三把火。

    A new broom sweeps clean.

  • 她的英语说得比班上任何人都好。

    She is better at speaking English than any of her classmates.

  • 她唱歌唱得比班上任何一个人好。

    She can sing better than anybody else in her class.