任重道远 rènzhòng-dàoyuǎn▶ Asumir una pesada carga y emprender un largo camino

Stroke order

任重道远 is written in 34 strokes across 4 characters.

• 任 — 6 strokes
• 重 — 9 strokes
• 道 — 12 strokes
• 远 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. a heavy load and a long road
2. fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

Related words

• 上任asumir un cargo oficial
• 人道Humanidad
• 任命Cita; nombramiento
• 任性Rebelde, caprichoso
• 任意Arbitrariamente
• 保重cuidarse

任重道远 is pronounced rènzhòng-dàoyuǎn and means “Asumir una pesada carga y emprender un largo camino”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 任重道远 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.