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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

委 [wěi]
  1. 1. verb entrust
  2. 2. noun [委员] committee member
  3. 3. noun [委员会] committee

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

委 [wěi]
  1. 1. verb entrust; appoint
    委托
    entrust; trust
  2. 2. verb throw away; cast aside
    委弃
    abandon; forsake; cast aside
  3. 3. verb shift
    委过于人
    put the blame on sb. else; shift the blame on to sb. else
  4. 4. verb [literary expression] gather; accumulate; build up
  5. 5. adjective indirect; roundabout
    委婉
    mild and roundabout; tactful
  6. 6. adjective listless; dejected
    委靡
    listless; dispirited; dejected
  7. 7. adverb [literary expression] actually; certainly
    委系实情。
    This is the true story.
    这种做法委为不妥。
  8. 8. noun [abbreviation] committee member
  9. 9. noun [abbreviation] committee; commission; council
  10. 10. noun [literary expression] end
    原委
    how a thing happened from beginning to end; the whole story; all the details

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

委 [wěi]
  1. 1. 动 请人代办;任命
    委以重任。
    委托。
    委派。
    委任。
  2. 2. 动 丢弃;舍弃
    委弃。
  3. 3. 现在一般写作"诿"。
  4. 4. 名 委员或委员会的简称
    政委。
    支委。
    省委。
    军委。
  5. 5. 动 [文] 积聚;堆积
    委积如山。
  6. 6. 名 古代指水流聚合的地方,水的下游;比喻事情的结尾
    原委。
    穷原竟委。
  7. 7. 形 精神不振作;衰颓
    委顿。
  8. 8. 形 曲折
    委曲。
    委婉。
  9. 9. 副 [文] 表示情况确实如此,相当于"确实""的确"
    委系冤案。
    委实。
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Examples

推卸责任，委过于人
shirk responsibility and shift the blame onto others → 推卸
委过于人
put the blame on sb. else; shift the blame on to sb. else → 委
小王总是喜欢委过于别人, 所以他的朋友们都不喜欢他。
Xiao Wang is prone to shifting blame onto other people, so none of his friends like him. → 委过

Character Decomposition

禾
[hé]		 + 女
[nǚ]

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