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中庸

zhōng yōng

C1–C2 Level 7
Stative verb

中庸 (zhōng yōng) is a Chinese word meaning “golden mean (Confucianism)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書
  2. golden mean (Confucianism)
  3. (literary) (of person) mediocre
  4. ordinary

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).