走马上任 in English zou3 ma3 shang4 ren4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to ride to take up an official appointment (idiomatic expression); to take on a job with alacrity
  • to undertake a task

Simplified Characters

走 马 上 任

Traditional Characters

走 馬 上 任

Pinyin

zou3 ma3 shang4 ren4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

走zou3to walk 马ma3surname Ma 上shang4see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] 任ren4surname Ren