任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
任重道远
rènzhòngdàoyuǎn
the task is heavy and the road is long
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
远 yuǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 环境治理任重道远，需要几代人的共同努力。 Huánjìng zhìlǐ rènzhòngdàoyuǎn, xūyào jǐ dài rén de gòngtóng nǔlì. Environmental governance is a heavy task on a long road; it requires the joint effort of several generations.
- 实现这一目标任重道远，我们必须坚持下去。 Shíxiàn zhè yī mùbiāo rènzhòngdàoyuǎn, wǒmen bìxū jiānchí xiàqù. Reaching this goal will be hard and long; we must keep going.
- 他深知科研工作任重道远，从不放松对自己的要求。 Tā shēnzhī kēyán gōngzuò rènzhòngdàoyuǎn, cóng bù fàngsōng duì zìjǐ de yāoqiú. He knows well that scientific work is a long and heavy task, and he never relaxes his demands on himself.
Related words
- 任 rèn to serve as; to hold a post
- 任 rèn to let; no matter
- 任何 rènhé any
- 任务 rènwu task
- 信任 xìnrèn to trust
- 责任 zérèn responsibility
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head
- 担任 dānrèn to serve as; to hold a position
- 出任 chūrèn to take up a post; to serve as
- 兼任 jiānrèn to concurrently hold another post
- 就任 jiùrèn to take office; to assume a post
- 连任 liánrèn to be re-elected; to serve consecutive terms