任重道遠

a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

surname Ren / Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] in Hebei

to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

a load / a heavy burden

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

heavy / serious / to attach importance to

road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

to distance oneself from (classical)