中庸

zhōngyōng
  1. golden mean (Confucianism)
  2. (literary) (of person) mediocre
  3. ordinary

CEDICT

literary

Homographs

中庸 Zhōngyōng the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四书 Sìshū

Entry Composition

1 中 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
2 庸 yōng
  1. ordinary
  2. to use