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中庸 (zung1 jung4) — The Doctrine of the Mean - one of the books of the Confucian canon in Cantonese

zungˉ¹中jungˎ₄庸
Mandarin Pinyin: zhong1 yong1

Meaning of 中庸

nounThe Doctrine of the Mean - one of the books of the Confucian canon
nounmiddle course; golden mean; happy medium

Characters in 中庸

中zung1
shortened form of China
庸jung4
(used in rhetorical question) how; in what way

Words Containing 中庸

中庸之道zung1 jung4 zi1 dou6
middle of the road; Doctrine of the Mean

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