走馬到任 zǒu mǎ dào rèn

to quickly take up a new post or duty

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity
  2. 2. to undertake a task

Characters

Character Meaning
走 zǒu HSK 2
to go; to walk; to leave
馬 mǎ
horse; surname Ma
到 dào HSK 2
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
任 rèn HSK 4
no matter (how, what etc); to let; to allow