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Definition(s) for: 任重道远

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
任重道远 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn - a heavy load and a long road
- fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 - 44,160 27,922 29,181

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
任 rén- surname Ren
任 rèn- to assign
- to appoint
- to take up a post
- office
- responsibility
- to let
- to allow
- to give free rein to
- no matter (how, what etc)
- classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
重 chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
重 zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
道 dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
远 yuǎn- far
- distant
- remote
- (intensifier in a comparison) by far
- much (lower etc)
远 yuàn- to distance oneself from (classical)

Other Words Containing 任重道远

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
任重道远 6 - 44,160 27,922 29,181