義不容辭
yì​bù​róng​cí

to be duty-bound

  • created sense approved 义不容辞/義不容辭 · yì​bù​róng​cí · to be duty-bound — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    义不容辞 / 義不容辭

    yì​bù​róng​cí

    to be duty-bound

    to be duty-bound or morally obligated to act; to be something that one cannot shirk without dishonor

    义 (literal) → 义/義 · yì · justice 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 容 (literal) → 容 · róng · to permit 辞 (literal) → 辞/辭 · cí · to decline

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

    created sense