德高望重

Traditional form:

德高望重

Pinyin (reading):

dégāowàngzhòng

Definitions:

• (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation

Characters:

• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat

Traditional characters:

• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat