任重

rènzhòng

a load, a heavy burden

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 任 Rén surname Ren
=1 任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
  10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
=1 任 rén
  1. (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  2. (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  6. an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  7. an ancient woman's rank of nobility
=2 重 chóng
  1. to repeat
  2. repetition
  3. again
  4. re-
  5. classifier: layer
=2 重 zhòng
  1. heavy
  2. serious
  3. to attach importance to

Containing this entry

任重而道遠 rènzhòngérdàoyuǎn see 任重道遠 rènzhòngdàoyuǎn
任重道遠 rènzhòngdàoyuǎn
  1. a heavy load and a long road
  2. fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)