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


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