重

zhòng

heavy

serious; to attach importance to

thousand (千) + miles (里) = heavy, weighty

A person carrying a thousand li of road on their back — that is a crushing weight. The image captures both physical heaviness and the gravity of serious matters.

千+里→重
千ThousandSemantic
里A unit of distanceSemantic

这个箱子很重,我一个人搬不动。

zhè ge xiāng zi hěn zhòng,wǒ yī gè rén bān bù dòng。

This box is very heavy; I can't move it by myself.

他做事一向重质量,不重数量。

tā zuò shì yī xiàng zhòng zhì liàng,bù zhòng shù liàng。

He has always attached importance to quality in his work, not quantity.

Words with 重

体重

tǐ zhòng

body weight

双重标准

shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn

double standard

重启

chóng qǐ

to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)

为重

wéi zhòng

to attach most importance to

并重

bìng zhòng

to give equal emphasis to; to attach equal importance to

惨重

cǎn zhòng

disastrous

重重

zhòng zhòng

heavily

重心

zhòng xīn

center of gravity

重晶石

zhòng jīng shí

barite (geology)

浓重

nóng zhòng

dense

积重难返

jī zhòng nán fǎn

ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

侧重

cè zhòng

to place particular emphasis on

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