当之无愧

Traditional form:

當之無愧

Pinyin (reading):

dāngzhīwúkuì

Definitions:

• fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 愧 - ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 愧 - ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience