远 (遠) yuǎn

1. yuǎn adjective far; distant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 远 means 遥远. For example, 稍微远一点儿就看不见 'if it was a little further away then [she] could not see it' (GHC '远' 1; Kroll 2015 '遠' 1, p. 577; Ye Shengtao 1999, p. 10)
2. yuǎn adjective far-reaching
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 深远 (GHC '远' 4; Kroll 2015 '遠' 2, p. 577)
3. yuǎn verb separated from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '远' 3; Kroll 2015 '遠' 3, p. 577)
4. yuàn verb estranged from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 疏远 (GHC '远' 9; Kroll 2015 '遠' 3a, p. 577)
5. yuǎn noun milkwort
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Plant 植物
   Notes: Bound in 远志; a medicinal plant (Kroll 2015 '遠' 4, p. 577)
6. yuǎn adjective long ago
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 远 means 久远 (GHC '远' 2; Kroll 2015 '遠' 1, p. 577)
7. yuǎn adjective long-range
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 远 means 远大 (GHC '远' 5).
8. yuǎn noun a remote area
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 远 means 远地 (GHC '远' 6).
9. yuǎn proper noun Yuan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (GHC '远' 7)
10. yuàn verb to leave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 离开 (GHC '远' 8)
11. yuàn verb to violate; to be contrary to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 违背 (GHC '远' 10)

Contained in

• 差不远(差不遠) not very different
• 源远流长(源遠流長) source is distant and the flow is long; goes back to the distant past
• 为远难守(爲遠難守) a distant region difficult to defend
• 远虑(遠慮) long term ; long-term considerations; to take the long view
• 谨终追远(謹終追遠) pay careful attention to the funeraral rites of parents and remembered even when long gone
• 远望(遠望) to gaze afar; to look into the distance
• 天文望远镜(天文望遠鏡) an astronomical telescope
• 深谋远虑(深謀遠慮) deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead
• 远扬(遠揚) (fame) spreads far and wide
• 辽远(遼遠) distant; far away; remote
• 远东豹(遠東豹) Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
• 远足(遠足) excursion; hike; march
• 远远超过(遠遠超過) surpassing by far
• 远游(遠遊) to travel far; distant wanderings
• 见远(見遠) far-seeing
• 远距离监视(遠距離監視) off-site monitoring
• 远达(遠達) to excel ; lofty and magnanimous
• 远端(遠端) far end; remote end
• 远远(遠遠) distant
• 远祖(遠祖) a remote ancestor
• 远摄镜头(遠攝鏡頭) telephoto lens
• 旷远(曠遠) long ago ; vast
• 远门(遠門) (to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative
• 敬而远之(敬而遠之) to remain at a respectful distance
• 十字军远征(十字軍遠征) the Crusades
• 远走高飞(遠走高飛) to go far; to escape to faraway places
• 远见卓识(遠見卓識) visionary and sagacious
• 山长水远(山長水遠) long and arduous journey
• 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
• 远路(遠路) a long journey
• 远东山雀(遠東山雀) Japanese tit (Parus minor)
• 人无远虑，必有近忧(人無遠慮，必有近憂) He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
• 疏远(疏遠) to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate
• 远距离医疗(遠距离醫療) telemedicine
• 渐行渐远(漸行漸遠) gradually proceed, gradually get further apart
• 永永远远(永永遠遠) for ever and ever
• 远道(遠道) a long journey

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Collocations

• 远兄弟 (遠兄弟) 遠兄弟父母 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧蝃蝀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Di Dong — count: 8
• 远迩 (遠邇) 乃不畏戎毒于遠邇 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — count: 7
• 远国 (遠國) 遠國之辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 不亦远 (不亦遠) 不亦遠於禮乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 终远 (終遠) 終遠兄弟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧葛藟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Ge Lei — count: 3
• 无有远 (無有遠) 無有遠邇 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — count: 2
• 言远 (言遠) 言遠而有光華也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧皇皇者華 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Huang Huang Zhe Hua — count: 2
• 闻远 (聞遠) 聞遠兄弟之喪 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 2
• 宋远 (宋遠) 誰謂宋遠 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧河廣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - He Guang — count: 2
• 未远 (未遠) 猶之未遠 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧板 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ban — count: 2