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)

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• 红军不怕远征难(紅軍不怕遠征難) of the trying long march the Red Army makes light
• 无远弗届(無遠弗屆) to extend all over the globe ; far-reaching
• 远大理想(遠大理想) lofty ideal
• 远期合约(遠期合約) forward contract
• 宁静致远(寧靜致遠) tranquility yields transcendence; quiet life of profound study; cf Still waters run deep.
• 登高望远(登高望遠) to stand tall and see far; taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
• 远赴(遠赴) to travel to (a distant place)
• 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
• 远游(遠遊) to travel far; distant wanderings
• 道里辽远(道里遼遠) a distant journey
• 远行(遠行) proceeding afar
• 历史久远(歷史久遠) ancient history
• 远眺(遠眺) to gaze into the distance
• 不远千里(不遠千里) make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
• 远远(遠遠) distant
• 远程导弹(遠程導彈) long distance missile
• 远避(遠避) to keep at a distance; to forsake
• 道远(道遠) great distance
• 永远(永遠) forever; eternal; always; permanent
• 深谋远略(深謀遠略) a well-thought out long-term strategy
• 有失远迎(有失遠迎) (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
• 远远超过(遠遠超過) surpassing by far
• 深谋远虑(深謀遠慮) deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead
• 远距医疗(遠距醫療) telemedicine
• 远征(遠征) an expedition; march to remote regions
• 天文望远镜(天文望遠鏡) an astronomical telescope
• 远因(遠因) indirect cause; remote cause
• 远路(遠路) a long journey
• 跳远(跳遠) long jump
• 哆啰美远族(哆囉美遠族) Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 三级跳远(三級跳遠) triple jump
• 远程(遠程) remote; long distance; long range
• 邈远(邈遠) distantly remote
• 山长水远(山長水遠) long and arduous journey
• 远缘(遠緣) distantly related; remote affinity
• 双筒望远镜(雙筒望遠鏡) binoculars
• 远天(遠天) heaven; the distant sky
• 远日点(遠日點) aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点
• 久远(久遠) remote; distant ; ancient; long ago
• 远征军(遠征軍) expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
• 远端胞浆(遠端胞漿) distal cytoplasm

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• 卷九十七 晉書23: 列傳12 范延光 張從賓 張延播 楊光遠 廬文進 李金全 Volume 97 Book of Later Jin 23: Biographies 12 - Fan Yanguang, Zhang Congbin, Zhang Yanbo, Yang Guangyuan, Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 54
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• 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 32
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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
• 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
• 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
• 远父母 (遠父母) 遠父母兄弟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧泉水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Quan Shui — count: 2
• 墓远 (墓遠) 今墓遠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 2
• 远日 (遠日) 卜葬先遠日 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
• 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
• 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