hand over the reins

/hænd ˈoʊvər ðə reɪnz/· phr.

财经/商业C1

hand over the reins
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Chinese meaning

交jiāo出chū权quán力lì,移yí交jiāo领lǐng导dǎo权quán

交jiāo出chū掌zhǎng控kòng权quán,让ràng别bié人rén接jiē手shǒu

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巴bā菲fēi特tè把bǎ伯bó克kè希xī尔ěrCEO职zhí权quán交jiāo给gěi继jì任rèn者zhě

Example

Warren Buffett will step down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, less than a year after handing over the CEO reins, the company said Friday.

沃wò伦lún·巴bā菲fēi特tè将jiāng卸xiè任rèn伯bó克kè希xī尔ěr·哈hā撒sā韦wéi董dǒng事shì长zhǎng一yī职zhí,而ér在zài此cǐ之zhī前qián不bú到dào一yī年nián,他tā才cái刚gāng刚gāng交jiāo出chūCEO的de大dà权quán——该gāi公gōng司sī周zhōu五wǔ表biǎo示shì。

Source: Axios · 18 Sep 2026

Background ✎

巴bā菲fēi特tè周zhōu五wǔ宣xuān布bù将jiāng卸xiè任rèn伯bó克kè希xī尔ěr·哈hā撒sā韦wéi董dǒng事shì长zhǎng一yī职zhí,这zhè距jù他tā把bǎCEO职zhí位wèi交jiāo给gěi格gé雷léi格gé·阿ā贝bèi尔ěr还hái不bú到dào一yī年nián。他tā将jiāng转zhuǎn任rèn「荣róng誉yù董dǒng事shì长zhǎng」并bìng留liú任rèn董dǒng事shì会huì,儿ér子zi霍huò华huá德dé将jiāng接jiē任rèn董dǒng事shì长zhǎng一yī职zhí。

Roots · etymology

喻指骑马人松开缰绳,把驾驭权交出去

  • reins(缰绳,喻控制权)+ hand over(交出);固定短语,不可拆

Collocations

  • hand over the reins to sb / take the reins / pass the reins

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