任jam6重zung6道dou6遠jyun5

simp任重道远

jam6 zung6 dou6 jyun5rèn zhòng dào yuǎn

English

a heavy load and a long road
to bear a great responsibility, and the path towards the ideal is long
fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

粵語 — Cantonese

責任重大，歷程漫長

Examples

做老師真係任重道遠、責任重大，唔係淨係為咗份糧㗎！
Being a teacher is a great responsibility. It's not only for earning a paycheck.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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