- a heavy load and a long road
- fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
Characters
- 任 (任): surname Ren; Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] in Hebei
- 重 (重): to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
- 道 (道): 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 (遠): far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 任重道远
- MDBG: 任重道远
- Examples with 任重道远 on Tatoeba
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