负重 fùzhòng to carry a heavy load
(literally and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden
How to remember 负重: 负 shoulder + 重 heavy = to carry a heavy load.
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How it is used
- To carry a heavy load - literal or figurative - 负重训练 (fùzhòng xùnliàn) weighted/load-bearing training; 负重前行 (fùzhòng qiánxíng) to press forward under a heavy burden.
- Note 重 reads zhòng (heavy). The figurative 'shoulder heavy burdens' sense is common and inspirational.
- Contrast 承担 (chéngdān, to bear responsibility, abstract); 负重 stresses the physical weight or its metaphor.