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

• 远销(遠銷) to sell far away
• 远方来鸿(遠方來鴻) letter from afar
• 远识(遠識) foresight
• 宁静致远(寧靜致遠) tranquility yields transcendence; quiet life of profound study; cf Still waters run deep.
• 君子远庖厨(君子遠庖廚) a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen
• 远走高飞(遠走高飛) to go far; to escape to faraway places
• 远远(遠遠) distant
• 远眺(遠眺) to gaze into the distance
• 三级跳远(三級跳遠) triple jump
• 远水救不了近火(遠水救不了近火) water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
• 双筒望远镜(雙筒望遠鏡) binoculars
• 绵远(綿遠) remote
• 远赴(遠赴) to travel to (a distant place)
• 远近(遠近) far and near; distance
• 远景(遠景) prospect; long-range view
• 远视(遠視) farsightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia
• 忘路之远近(忘路之遠近) he forgot how far he had gone
• 远洋(遠洋) distant seas; the open ocean
• 远望(遠望) to gaze afar; to look into the distance
• 远地点(遠地點) apsis
• 前程远大(前程遠大) to have a future full of promise
• 言近指远(言近指遠) simple words, profound meaning
• 僻远(僻遠) remote and faraway
• 天差地远(天差地遠) poles apart; entirely different
• 远缘(遠緣) distantly related; remote affinity
• 为远难守(爲遠難守) a distant region difficult to defend
• 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
• 远见．天下文化事业群(遠見．天下文化事業群) Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group
• 道远(道遠) great distance
• 远期合约(遠期合約) forward contract
• 远航 a distant sea voyage ; to travel a great distance by sea or air; voyage; long-haul flight
• 高瞻远瞩(高瞻遠矚) to stand tall and look afar; to be farsighted; forward looking and ambitious
• 远避(遠避) to keep at a distance; to forsake
• 高举远蹈(高舉遠蹈) to leave office for a high and distant place; to retire and place oneself above the fray
• 远程(遠程) remote; long distance; long range
• 远涉(遠涉) to cross (the wide ocean)
• 差得远(差得遠) greatly different
• 天文望远镜(天文望遠鏡) an astronomical telescope
• 远距离监视(遠距離監視) off-site monitoring
• 远门(遠門) (to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative
• 甩远(甩遠) to cast far from oneself; to leave somebody far behind; to outdistance
• 远郊(遠郊) outer suburbs; remote outskirts of a city
• 远劳(遠勞) you have made a long and exhausting journey (套语 polite talk); you will make a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a far away place)

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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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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 远物 (遠物) 不寶遠物 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 旅獒 Zhou Shu - Hounds of Lu — 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