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中庸

zhōng yōng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

中庸 (Zhōng yōng) means "the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书; golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 中庸 means

1. golden mean (Confucianism)
2. literary(of person) mediocre
3. ordinary

Other readings

中庸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhōng yōngthe Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books {四书|Sì shū}

The characters in 中庸

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 庸yōngordinary; to use

Example sentences

• 凡事行中庸之道。
  Moderation in all things.

Words starting with 中庸

• 中庸之道zhōng yōng zhī dàodoctrine of the mean; moderation in all things

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