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任重道远

rèn zhòng dào yuǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 任重道遠

任重道远 (rèn zhòng dào yuǎn) means "a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 任重道远 means

1. a heavy load and a long road
2. fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

The characters in 任重道远

• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote

Where 任重道远 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · rén–rèn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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