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兢兢業業. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
Etymology
From the Book of Documents (《尚書·皐陶謨》):
無教逸欲。有邦兢兢業業，一日二日萬幾。
无教逸欲。有邦兢兢业业，一日二日万几。 - From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wú jiào yì yù. Yǒu bāng jīngjīng yèyè, yīrì èrrì wànjī.
- Let not (the Son of Heaven) set to the holders of states the example of indolence or dissoluteness. Let him be wary and fearful, (remembering that) in one day or two days there may occur ten thousand springs of things.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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兢
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業
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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6845
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14819
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Phonetic
component
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兢
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業
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Rime
group
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蒸
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盍
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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兢
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業
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Old
Chinese
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/*kɯŋ/
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/*ŋab/
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Idiom
兢兢業業
- (ideophonic) cautious and conscientious; diligent and attentive
Derived terms