任重道远
rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

任重道远
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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 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|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
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
主任
zhǔ rèn
  1. 1 director
  2. 2 head
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
任
Rén
  1. 1 surname Ren
  2. 2 Ren County 任縣|任县[Rén Xiàn] in Hebei
任性
rèn xìng
  1. 1 willful
  2. 2 headstrong
  3. 3 unruly
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
任由
rèn yóu
  1. 1 to let (sb do sth)
  2. 2 to allow
  3. 3 regardless of
任选
rèn xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose arbitrarily
  2. 2 to take whichever one fancies
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself
信任
xìn rèn
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 to have confidence in
公道
gōng dào
  1. 1 justice
  2. 2 fairness
  3. 3 public highway
出道
chū dào
  1. 1 to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. 2 to start one's career
前任
qián rèn
  1. 1 predecessor
  2. 2 ex-
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 ex (spouse etc)
加重
jiā zhòng
  1. 1 to make heavier
  2. 2 to emphasize
  3. 3 (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. 4 to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. 5 to increase (a burden, punishment etc)

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)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任人唯亲
rèn rén wéi qīn
  1. 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
  2. 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
rèn rén wéi xián
  1. 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
任人宰割
rèn rén zǎi gē
  1. 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
  2. 2 to be taken advantage of
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
任劳任怨
rèn láo rèn yuàn
  1. 1 to work hard without complaint (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
任贤使能
rèn xián shǐ néng
  1. 1 to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
  1. 1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to part ways
力不胜任
lì bù shèng rèn
  1. 1 not to be up to the task (idiom)
  2. 2 incompetent
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (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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