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


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