- fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
Characters
- 当 (噹): (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 无 (無): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 愧 (媿): old variant of 愧[kui4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 当之无愧
- MDBG: 当之无愧
- Examples with 当之无愧 on Tatoeba
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