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任重道远

rèn zhòng dào yuǎn

HSK 6 4-character word Traditional 任重道遠

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