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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *远* | 远* | *远
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)
HSK 1
distant place
HSK 5
distant / by far
HSK 6
to be far from / to keep away from
HSK 6
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
remote / long distance / long range
HSK 7-9
foresight / discernment / vision
HSK 7-9
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
far and near / distance
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *远* | 远* | *远
to distance oneself from (classical)
excursion / hike / march
scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
antiquity / ancient times
far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising
the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal
to travel to (a distant place)
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
a long journey / far from home
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
farsighted / hyperopia or hypermetropia (farsightedness)
far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
an expedition, esp. military / march to remote regions
a distant relative
Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
(fame) spreads far and wide
to travel far / distant wanderings
to sell to faraway lands
long-term / at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) / abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约
to gaze into the distance
to go far / to escape to faraway places
distantly related / a distant relative
outer suburbs / remote outskirts of a city
(to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative
visionary and sagacious (idiom)
heaven / the distant sky
a remote ancestor
long-term considerations / to take the long view
guest from afar
a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy
distantly related / remote affinity
to cross (the wide ocean)
indirect cause / remote cause
long-term strategy
to exceed by far; to greatly surpass
distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast)
to marry a man who lives in a distant place
long-distance / long-haul
to fade into the distance / (fig.) to peter out / to fade away
to keep at a distance / to forsake
an estranged person / sb who is alienated / people far from home
(courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place)
long-distance
distant descendants
A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
foresight
surpassing by far
telnet / rlogin / remote login
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
high beam (headlights)
long distance missile
apogee
to telecommute; to work remotely
aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun / opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点 / higher apsis
to come from far away
lofty ideal
to travel across the oceans
metastasis
far from it being so (idiom)
the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
forward contract (finance)
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
to exceed by far / to outclass
Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition
(astronomy) apoapsis
letter from afar (literary)
far from solved
Far East (loanword)
(bird species of China) Japanese tit (Parus minor)
(bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians)
(bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
RMON / remote monitoring
distal cytoplasm
Endō (Japanese surname)
off-site monitoring
known far and wide (idiom)
near and distant relatives
thousands of miles away / far away


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