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义不容辞

yì bù róng cídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f16e03227350932f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

義不容辭 义不容辞 [yi4 bu4 rong2 ci2] /not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)/incumbent/bounden (duty)/

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Other forms in these source records: 義不容辭

  • 义
    yì

    justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

    Yì

    surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yì dà lì])

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 容
    róng

    to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance

    Róng

    surname Rong

  • 辞
    cí

    to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad

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