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to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section

独当一面
dú dāng yī miàn
Idiom
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I can manage on my own.
我能独当一面。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination · to act independently · to maintain control over one's own affairs独立自主dú lì zì zhǔregeneration through one's own effort (idiom) · self-reliance自力更生zì lì gēng shēngqualified · competent (professionally) · to be up to a task胜任shèng rèn
Antonyms
be at somebody's beck and call俯仰由人fǔ yǎng yóu rénto rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living仰人鼻息yǎng rén bí xī