当之无愧

dāng zhī wú kuì

fully deserving (of a title or honour)

Character by character

当dāng
deserve

之zhī
it

无wú
without

愧kuì
shame

她十年如一日地照顾山区的孩子，“最美教师”的称号当之无愧。

She has cared for children in the mountains day in, day out for ten years; she fully deserves the title “Most Admired Teacher”.

Tone: positive (praise).

当 dāng: to be worthy of. Said of others, after the honour (这个称号他当之无愧) or before a noun (当之无愧的冠军). Of yourself, modesty says 愧不敢当 instead.

Learn this in Lesson 115 · HSK 7–9: 郑钦文巴黎夺金 (Sport: gold in Paris)

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