任重道远 (任重道遠)
rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

任重道远 (任重道遠)
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rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
  1. a heavy load and a long road
  2. fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

任何
rèn hé
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 whatever
  3. 3 whichever
  4. 4 whatsoever
任务
rèn wu
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 assignment
  3. 3 task
  4. 4 duty
  5. 5 role
  6. 6 classifier: 项 xiàng
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)

Sample Sentences

虽然严格控烟落到了“纸面但要真正落到“嘴边落实到监管层面，依然任重道远。
suīrán yángé kòngyān luòdào le “zhǐmiàn dàn yào zhēnzhèng luòdào “zuǐ biān luòshí dào jiānguǎn céngmiàn ，yīrán rènzhòngdàoyuǎn 。
Although strict smoking control is on “paper”, it still has a long way to go on the regulatory level.
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是啊，而且我们企业的海外市场推广也还处于初级阶段。海外市场对中国品牌的认同度是相当低的。看来要真正做到具备综合实力，站稳国际市场还真是任重道远。
shì a ，érqiě wǒmen qǐyè de hǎiwài shìchǎng tuīguǎng yě hái chǔyú chūjíjiēduàn 。hǎiwài shìchǎng duì Zhōngguó pǐnpái de rèntóngdù shì xiāngdāng dī de 。kànlai yào zhēnzhèng zuò dào jùbèi zōnghéshílì ，zhàn wěn guójìshìchǎng hái zhēnshì rènzhòngdàoyuǎn 。
Yeah. And our development of overseas markets is still in the early stage. Foreign markets don't really recognize Chinese brands. It looks like it's a long, hard road to integrated strength and a firm position in the international market.
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