任重道远

Traditional form:

任重道遠

Pinyin (reading):

rènzhòngdàoyuǎn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 任 - to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 远 - distant, remote, far; profound

Traditional characters:

• 任 - to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 遠 - distant, remote, far; profound