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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *远* | 远* | *远
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)
HSK 1
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
distant place
HSK 5
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
to be far from / to keep away from
HSK 6
far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising
distant / by far
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *远* | 远* | *远
to distance oneself from (classical)
letter from afar (literary)
known far and wide (idiom)
metastasis
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
Far East (loanword)
to exceed by far; to greatly surpass
long-term considerations / to take the long view
long-term strategy
a distant relative
to fade into the distance / (fig.) to peter out / to fade away
lofty ideal
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast)
to gaze into the distance
a remote ancestor
distantly related / remote affinity
long-distance
an expedition, esp. military / march to remote regions
the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal
guest from afar
A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
long-distance / long-haul
distantly related / a distant relative
Endō (Japanese surname)
to come from far away
foresight / discernment / vision
HSK 7-9
high beam (headlights)
far and near / distance
an estranged person / sb who is alienated / people far from home
to marry a man who lives in a distant place
to sell to faraway lands
farsighted / hyperopia or hypermetropia (farsightedness)
scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
to telecommute; to work remotely
a long journey / far from home
to keep at a distance / to forsake
(fame) spreads far and wide
to go far / to escape to faraway places
outer suburbs / remote outskirts of a city
forward contract (finance)
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
far from it being so (idiom)
a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy
remote / long distance / long range
HSK 7-9
expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition
aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun / opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点 / higher apsis
to travel across the oceans
to travel far / distant wanderings
indirect cause / remote cause
Yuan'an, a county in Yichang City 宜昌市, Hubei
to cross (the wide ocean)
to exceed by far / to outclass
far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
(courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place)
to travel to (a distant place)
long-term / at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) / abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约
excursion / hike / march
RMON / remote monitoring
off-site monitoring
long distance missile
telnet / rlogin / remote login
(bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
visionary and sagacious (idiom)
far from solved
surpassing by far
distal cytoplasm
foresight
(to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative
the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
apogee
thousands of miles away / far away
antiquity / ancient times
heaven / the distant sky
distant descendants
near and distant relatives
(bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians)
(bird species of China) Japanese tit (Parus minor)
(astronomy) apoapsis


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