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Golden mean (Confucianism) in Chinese: 中庸 (zhōng yōng)

zhōng yōng

golden mean (Confucianism)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1golden mean (Confucianism)
  2. 2(literary) (of person) mediocre
  3. 3ordinary

Stroke order

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中
庸

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄩㄥ

yōng

ㄩ/ üㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他做事总是讲究中庸之道。

    tā zuò shì zǒng shì jiǎng jiū zhōng yōng zhī dào。

    In what he does, he always follows the doctrine of the golden mean.

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Related words

中

zhōng

within

中国

zhōng guó

China

中午

zhōng wǔ

noon

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

其中

qí zhōng

among

中文

zhōng wén

Chinese language

集中

jí zhōng

to concentrate

中介

zhōng jiè

to act as intermediary

中心

zhōng xīn

center

中旬

zhōng xún

middle third of a month

中学

zhōng xué

middle school

高中

gāo zhōng

senior high school

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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