卸任 xièrèn to leave office
How to remember 卸任: 卸 to unload + 任 to trust = to leave office.
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How it is used
- 'To step down / leave office' at the end of a term - 卸任总统 (xièrèn zǒngtǒng) an outgoing president.
- The 卸 is 'to unload'; you set down the burden of office. Opposite of 就任/上任 (to take office). Contrast 辞职 (cízhí), which is resigning, often early - 就任总统 (jiùrèn zǒngtǒng) take office as president.