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

• 遥远(遙遠) distant; remote
• 差不远(差不遠) not very different
• 远望(遠望) to gaze afar; to look into the distance
• 远东豹(遠東豹) Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
• 远征军(遠征軍) expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
• 远离(遠離) to be removed from; to be far away from ; to be detached; to be aloof ; to far off
• 远距离(遠距離) long-distance
• 远谋(遠謀) a long-term plan; an ambitious strategy
• 偏远(偏遠) remote; far from civilization
• 怀远(懷遠) Huaiyuan ; cherish from afar
• 远处(遠處) distant place
• 远因(遠因) indirect cause; remote cause
• 远图(遠圖) a long range plan
• 远避(遠避) to keep at a distance; to forsake
• 远景(遠景) prospect; long-range view
• 远祖(遠祖) a remote ancestor
• 远销(遠銷) to sell far away
• 远郊(遠郊) outer suburbs; remote outskirts of a city
• 慎终追远(慎終追遠) pay careful attention to the funeraral rites of parents and remembered even when long gone
• 十字军远征(十字軍遠征) the Crusades
• 好高骛远(好高騖遠) overly high ambitions
• 远东苇莺(遠東葦鶯) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
• 远人(遠人) somebody who is far from home ; ethnic minority; natives from frontier regions
• 远大(遠大) long-range ; forward looking and ambitious
• 玄远(玄遠) abstruse; profound
• 远近皆知(遠近皆知) known far and wide
• 绵远(綿遠) remote
• 不远(不遠) not far; not long ago
• 深谋远虑(深謀遠慮) deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead
• 远隔千里(遠隔千里) thousands of miles away; far away
• 差远(差遠) inferior; not up to par; to fall far short; to be mistaken
• 远耻辱(遠恥辱) to avoid shame and disgrace
• 远虑(遠慮) long term ; long-term considerations; to take the long view
• 差得远(差得遠) greatly different
• 永永远远(永永遠遠) for ever and ever
• 臭名远扬(臭名遠揚) notorious far and wide
• 远距医疗(遠距醫療) telemedicine
• 三级跳远(三級跳遠) triple jump
• 僻远(僻遠) remote and faraway
• 道里辽远(道里遼遠) a distant journey
• 不远千里(不遠千里) make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
• 远天(遠天) heaven; the distant sky

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汪远孙 、 绥远 、 刘知远 、 远程登录 、 马致远 、 远端接入 、 宁远 、 远安 、 清远市

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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
• 远送 (遠送) 遠送于野 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧燕燕 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Yan Yan — count: 2
• 知远 (知遠) 疏通知遠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《經解》 The Different Teachings of the Different Kings — 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
• 闻远 (聞遠) 聞遠兄弟之喪 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong 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