任重道遠
rèn​zhòng​dào​yuǎn

to shoulder heavy responsibilities

  • created sense approved 任重道远/任重道遠 · rèn​zhòng​dào​yuǎn · to shoulder heavy responsibilities — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    任重道远 / 任重道遠

    rèn​zhòng​dào​yuǎn

    to shoulder heavy responsibilities

    literally a heavy load and a long road; used to describe a person who bears significant responsibilities through a long and difficult struggle

    任 (literal) → 任 · rèn · post 重 (literal) → 重 · zhòng · heavy 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · road 远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · far

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense