中 庸

zhōngyōng

nounadjectiveHSK 7-9

Meaning

the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]
golden mean (Confucianism)
ordinary

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(literary) (of person) mediocre

Example

凡事行中庸之道。

Moderation in all things.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhōngHSK 14 strokesChina; Chinese yōngHSK 7-911 strokesordinary

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