中庸 zhōng yōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]
  2. golden mean (Confucianism)
  3. (literary) (of person) mediocre
  4. ordinary

CHARACTERS

中 zhōng
HSK 1
central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
庸 yōng
HSK 6
usual, common, ordinary, mediocre