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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *离* | 离* | *离
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire /
HSK 2
distance / CL: 個|个 / to be apart from
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隔* | 隔* | *隔
to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of
HSK 4
long distance / long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话) / long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车)
HSK 4
long-distance running
HSK 6
journey; travel route; distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *码* | 码* | *码
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
HSK 7-9
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
remote / long distance / long range
HSK 7-9
route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *望* | 望* | *望
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
HSK 7-9
the whole distance / from beginning to end
HSK 7-9
focal length / focal distance
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *距* | 距* | *距
to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
HSK 7-9
continuous / unbroken / uninterrupted / extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
HSK 7-9
to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
HSK 7-9
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
far and near / distance
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *远* | 远* | *远
to distance oneself from (classical)
scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
flight; voyage / distance traveled / range (of an airplane or ship)
the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
separated by (distance or time etc)
gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events
span / horizontal distance between vertical supports
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development)
distance apart / separated by a given distance
(of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear; depth
(adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸|归 or etc) traveling a great distance
(idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar
distance between two poles / poles apart
li (Chinese unit of distance)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *眺* | 眺* | *眺
to gaze into the distance
to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
vast / extending into the distance
lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
to gaze into the distance
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
to look into the distance
lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袤* | 袤* | *袤
length / distance from north to south
vast / extending into the distance
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瞭* | 瞭* | *瞭
to watch from a height or distance
spacing / distance between plants (within a row)
tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle)
(math.) distance-preserving / isometric
serene and hidden in depth or distance
to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
to observe from afar / to look into the distance from a high place
to control from a distance (idiom)
to lean on sth and gaze into the distance
distance measuring equipment
long-distance / long-haul
to fade into the distance / (fig.) to peter out / to fade away
to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
modulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates)
to keep at a distance / to forsake
long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
to cover the road (snow, wind, hazards etc) / distance (between locations)
long-distance
east-west distance
furthest / most distant / at maximum distance
distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack
zero distance / face-to-face
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)
north-south distance
long-distance coach
from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
sublime / solitary / distant or remote / to gaze off into the distance
transmission distance
long-distance phone call
long-distance bus
Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
long distance missile
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
unit of distance equal to 33⅓ meters
lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
middle distance race
to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
(sports) pacemaker; pacesetter (in long-distance running)
long-distance runner
long-distance
(math.) distance-preserving correspondence / conformal map
(math.) distance-preserving correspondence / isometry
offset distance
to make a long distance call
short distance / a stone's throw away
large distance / disaster / calamity
action at a distance (e.g. gravitational force)
to look into the distance
(telephony) long-distance call charge
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place


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