| 遠 | [ yuǎn ] far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc) |
| 遠 | [ yuàn ] to distance oneself from (classical) |
| 遠人 | [ yuǎn rén ] an estranged person, sb who is alienated, people far from home |
| 遠來的和尚會念經 | [ yuǎn laí de hé shang huì niàn jīng ] the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom), foreign talent is valued higher than local talent |
| 遠光燈 | [ yuǎn guāng dēng ] high beam (headlights) |
| 遠勞 | [ yuǎn laó ] (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) |
| 遠古 | [ yuǎn gǔ ] antiquity, ancient times |
| 遠因 | [ yuǎn yīn ] indirect cause, remote cause |
| 遠地點 | [ yuǎn dì diǎn ] apsis |
| 遠大 | [ yuǎn dà ] far-reaching, broad, ambitious, promising |
| 遠大理想 | [ yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng ] lofty ideal |
| 遠天 | [ yuǎn tiān ] heaven, the distant sky |
| 遠安 | [ yuǎn ān ] Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei |
| 遠安縣 | [ yuǎn ān xiàn ] Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei |
| 遠客 | [ yuǎn kè ] guest from afar |
| 遠征 | [ yuǎn zhēng ] an expedition, esp. military, march to remote regions |
| 遠征軍 | [ yuǎn zhēng jūn ] expeditionary force, army on a distant expedition |
| 遠志 | [ yuǎn zhì ] far-reaching ambition, lofty ideal, milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| 遠慮 | [ yuǎn lǜ ] long-term considerations, to take the long view |
| 遠房 | [ yuǎn fáng ] distantly related, a distant relative |
| 遠揚 | [ yuǎn yáng ] (fame) spreads far and wide |
| 遠方 | [ yuǎn fāng ] far away, a distant location |
| 遠方來鴻 | [ yuǎn fāng laí hóng ] letter from afar (literary) |
| 遠日點 | [ yuǎn rì diǎn ] aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun, opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点[jin4 ri4 dian3], higher apsis |
| 遠景 | [ yuǎn jǐng ] prospect, long-range view |
| 遠望 | [ yuǎn wàng ] to gaze afar, to look into the distance |
| 遠期 | [ yuǎn qī ] long-term, at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment), abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1] |
| 遠期合約 | [ yuǎn qī hé yuē ] forward contract (finance) |
| 遠未解決 | [ yuǎn weì jiě jué ] far from solved |
| 遠東 | [ yuǎn dōng ] Far East (loanword) |
| 遠東山雀 | [ yuǎn dōng shān què ] (bird species of China) Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| 遠東樹鶯 | [ yuǎn dōng shù yīng ] (bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis borealis) |
| 遠東葦鶯 | [ yuǎn dōng weǐ yīng ] (bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum) |
| 遠東豹 | [ yuǎn dōng baò ] Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) |
| 遠水不救近火 | [ yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ ] see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3] |
| 遠水不解近渴 | [ yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kě ] lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need, a slow remedy does not address immediate needs |
| 遠水救不了近火 | [ yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu jìn huǒ ] 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 |
| 遠洋 | [ yuǎn yáng ] distant seas, the open ocean (far from the coast) |
| 遠涉 | [ yuǎn shè ] to cross (the wide ocean) |
| 遠渡重洋 | [ yuǎn dù chóng yáng ] to travel across the oceans |
| 遠略 | [ yuǎn lvè ] long-term strategy |
| 遠眺 | [ yuǎn ] to gaze into the distance |
| 遠祖 | [ yuǎn zǔ ] a remote ancestor |
| 遠程 | [ yuǎn chéng ] remote, long distance, long range |
| 遠程導彈 | [ yuǎn chéng daǒ dàn ] long distance missile |
| 遠程登錄 | [ yuǎn chéng dēng lù ] telnet, rlogin, remote login |
| 遠程監控 | [ yuǎn chéng jiān kòng ] RMON, remote monitoring |
| 遠端 | [ yuǎn duān ] far end, remote end, remote, distant |
| 遠端胞漿 | [ yuǎn duān baō jiāng ] distal cytoplasm |
| 遠端轉移 | [ yuǎn duān zhuǎn yí ] metastasis |
| 遠緣 | [ yuǎn yuán ] distantly related, remote affinity |
| 遠胄 | [ yuǎn zhoù ] distant descendants |
| 遠航 | [ yuǎn háng ] to travel a great distance by sea or air, voyage, long-haul flight |
| 遠藤 | [ yuǎn téng ] Endō (Japanese surname) |
| 遠處 | [ yuǎn chù ] distant place |
| 遠行 | [ yuǎn xíng ] a long journey, far from home |
| 遠見 | [ yuǎn jiàn ] foresight, discernment, vision |
| 遠見卓識 | [ yuǎn jiàn zhuó shí ] visionary and sagacious (idiom) |
| 遠視 | [ yuǎn shì ] farsighted, hyperopia or hypermetropia (farsightedness) |
| 遠親 | [ yuǎn qīn ] a distant relative |
| 遠親不如近鄰 | [ yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín ] A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers. |
| 遠謀 | [ yuǎn moú ] a long-term plan, an ambitious strategy |
| 遠識 | [ yuǎn shí ] foresight |
| 遠走高飛 | [ yuǎn zoǔ gaō feī ] to go far, to escape to faraway places |
| 遠赴 | [ yuǎn fù ] to travel to (a distant place) |
| 遠超過 | [ yuǎn chaō guò ] to exceed by far, to outclass |
| 遠足 | [ yuǎn zú ] excursion, hike, march |
| 遠距離 | [ yuǎn jù lí ] long-distance |
| 遠距離監視 | [ yuǎn jù lí jiān shì ] off-site monitoring |
| 遠近 | [ yuǎn jìn ] far and near, distance |
| 遠近皆知 | [ yuǎn jìn jiē zhī ] known far and wide (idiom) |
| 遠近聞名 | [ yuǎn jìn wén míng ] to be known far and wide, to be well-known |
| 遠途 | [ yuǎn tú ] long-distance, long-haul |
| 遠逝 | [ yuǎn shì ] to fade into the distance, (fig.) to peter out, to fade away |
| 遠遊 | [ yuǎn yoú ] to travel far, distant wanderings |
| 遠遠 | [ yuǎn yuǎn ] distant, by far |
| 遠遠超過 | [ yuǎn yuǎn chaō guò ] surpassing by far |
| 遠避 | [ yuǎn bì ] to keep at a distance, to forsake |
| 遠郊 | [ yuǎn ] outer suburbs, remote outskirts of a city |
| 遠銷 | [ yuǎn ] to sell to faraway lands |
| 遠門 | [ yuǎn mén ] (to go to) distant parts, faraway, a distant relative |
| 遠門近枝 | [ yuǎn mén jìn zhī ] near and distant relatives |
| 遠隔千里 | [ yuǎn gé qiān lǐ ] thousands of miles away, far away |
| 遠離 | [ yuǎn lí ] to be far from, to keep away from |
| 遠非如此 | [ yuǎn feī rú cǐ ] far from it being so (idiom) |
| ⇒ 三級跳遠 | [ sān jí yuǎn ] triple jump (athletics), hop, skip and jump |
| ⇒ 不遠千里 | [ bù yuǎn qiān lǐ ] make light of traveling a thousand li, go to the trouble of traveling a long distance |
| ⇒ 中遠 | [ zhōng yuǎn ] China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中國遠洋運輸|中国远洋运输[Zhong1 guo2 Yuan3 yang2 Yun4 shu1]) |
| ⇒ 久遠 | [ jiǔ yuǎn ] old, ancient, far away |
| ⇒ 人無遠慮，必有近憂 | [ rén wú yuǎn lǜ bì yoǔ jìn yoū ] He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects)., Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. |
| ⇒ 任重道遠 | [ rèn zhòng daò yuǎn ] a heavy load and a long road, fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) |
| ⇒ 偏遠 | [ piān yuǎn ] remote, far from civilization |
| ⇒ 僻遠 | [ pì yuǎn ] remote and faraway |
| ⇒ 前程遠大 | [ qián chéng yuǎn dà ] to have a future full of promise |
| ⇒ 十字軍遠征 | [ shí zì jūn yuǎn zhēng ] the Crusades |
| ⇒ 君子遠庖廚 | [ jūn zǐ yuàn paó chú ] lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius), fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen |
| ⇒ 哆囉美遠 | [ duō luō meǐ yuǎn ] Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| ⇒ 哆囉美遠族 | [ duō luō meǐ yuǎn zú ] Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| ⇒ 哈伯太空望遠鏡 | [ hā bó taì kōng wàng yuǎn jìng ] Hubble Space Telescope |
| ⇒ 大老遠 | [ dà laǒ yuǎn ] very far away |
| ⇒ 天差地遠 | [ tiān chā dì yuǎn ] poles apart (idiom), entirely different |
| ⇒ 天高皇帝遠 | [ tiān gaō huáng dì yuǎn ] lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom), fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government |
| ⇒ 好高騖遠 | [ haò gaō wù yuǎn ] to bite off more than one can chew (idiom), to aim too high |
| ⇒ 威遠 | [ weī yuǎn ] Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[Nei4 jiang1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 威遠縣 | [ weī yuǎn xiàn ] Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[Nei4 jiang1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 安遠 | [ ān yuǎn ] Anyuan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi |
| ⇒ 安遠縣 | [ ān yuǎn xiàn ] Anyuan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi |
| ⇒ 定遠 | [ dìng yuǎn ] Dingyuan county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| ⇒ 定遠營 | [ dìng yuǎn yíng ] old name of Bayan Hot 巴彥浩特|巴彦浩特[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4], capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| ⇒ 定遠縣 | [ dìng yuǎn xiàn ] Dingyuan county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| ⇒ 寓意深遠 | [ yù yì shēn yuǎn ] the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications |
| ⇒ 寧遠 | [ níng yuǎn ] Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan |
| ⇒ 寧遠縣 | [ níng yuǎn xiàn ] Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan |
| ⇒ 寧靜致遠 | [ níng jìng zhì yuǎn ] tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study, cf Still waters run deep. |
| ⇒ 射電望遠鏡 | [ shè diàn wàng yuǎn jìng ] radio telescope |
| ⇒ 小花遠志 | [ huā yuǎn zhì ] small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| ⇒ 山長水遠 | [ shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn ] long and arduous journey (idiom) |
| ⇒ 差遠 | [ chà yuǎn ] inferior, not up to par, to fall far short, to be mistaken |
| ⇒ 平遠 | [ píng yuǎn ] Pingyuan county in Meizhou 梅州[Mei2 zhou1], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 平遠縣 | [ píng yuǎn xiàn ] Pingyuan county in Meizhou 梅州[Mei2 zhou1], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 悠遠 | [ yoū yuǎn ] long time ago, distant, far away |
| ⇒ 惠遠寺 | [ huì yuǎn sì ] Huiyuan Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan |
| ⇒ 慎終追遠 | [ shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn ] to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites |
| ⇒ 懷遠 | [ yuǎn ] Huaiyuan county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui |
| ⇒ 懷遠縣 | [ yuǎn xiàn ] Huaiyuan county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui |
| ⇒ 扯遠 | [ chě yuǎn ] to digress, to get sidetracked, to go off on a tangent |
| ⇒ 招遠 | [ zhaō yuǎn ] Zhaoyuan county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台[Yan1 tai2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 招遠市 | [ zhaō yuǎn shì ] Zhaoyuan county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台[Yan1 tai2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 揚帆遠航 | [ yáng fān yuǎn háng ] to set sail on a voyage to a distant place, (fig.) to undertake a great mission |
| ⇒ 撫遠 | [ fǔ yuǎn ] Fuyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jia1 mu4 si1], Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 撫遠三角洲 | [ fǔ yuǎn sān zhoū ] Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk, same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛[Hei1 xia1 zi5 Dao3] |
| ⇒ 撫遠縣 | [ fǔ yuǎn xiàn ] Fuyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jia1 mu4 si1], Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 敬而遠之 | [ jìng ér yuǎn zhī ] to show respect from a distance (idiom), to remain at a respectful distance |
| ⇒ 敬鬼神而遠之 | [ jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī ] to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance |
| ⇒ 最遠 | [ zuì yuǎn ] furthest, most distant, at maximum distance |
| ⇒ 有失遠迎 | [ yoǔ shī yuǎn yíng ] (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you |
| ⇒ 望遠瞄準鏡 | [ wàng yuǎn zhǔn jìng ] telescopic sight, scope (on a rifle) |
| ⇒ 望遠鏡 | [ wàng yuǎn jìng ] binoculars, telescope, CL:付[fu4],副[fu4],部[bu4] |
| ⇒ 望遠鏡座 | [ wàng yuǎn jìng zuò ] Telescopium (constellation) |
| ⇒ 李懷遠 | [ lǐ yuǎn ] Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official |
| ⇒ 李遠哲 | [ lǐ yuǎn zhé ] Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986 |
| ⇒ 楊致遠 | [ yáng zhì yuǎn ] Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo |
| ⇒ 極目遠望 | [ jí mù yuǎn wàng ] as far as the eye can see |
| ⇒ 歷史久遠 | [ lì shǐ jiǔ yuǎn ] ancient history |
| ⇒ 永永遠遠 | [ yǒng yǒng yuǎn yuǎn ] for ever and ever |
| ⇒ 永永遠遠 | [ yǒng yǒng yuǎn yuǎn ] for ever and ever |
| ⇒ 永遠 | [ yǒng yuǎn ] forever, eternal |
| ⇒ 深謀遠慮 | [ shēn moú yuǎn lǜ ] lit. deep plans and distant thoughts, to plan far ahead (idiom) |
| ⇒ 深謀遠略 | [ shēn moú yuǎn lvè ] a well-thought out long-term strategy |
| ⇒ 深遠 | [ shēn yuǎn ] far-reaching, profound and long-lasting |
| ⇒ 淵遠 | [ yuān yuǎn ] deep, profound |
| ⇒ 清遠 | [ qīng yuǎn ] Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong |
| ⇒ 清遠市 | [ qīng yuǎn shì ] Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong province |
| ⇒ 渺遠 | [ yuǎn ] distantly remote, also written 邈遠|邈远[miao3 yuan3] |
| ⇒ 源遠流長 | [ yuán yuǎn liú cháng ] lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then |
| ⇒ 漸行漸遠 | [ jiàn xíng jiàn yuǎn ] gradually proceed, gradually get further apart |
| ⇒ 無窮遠點 | [ wú qióng yuǎn diǎn ] point at infinity (math.), infinitely distant point |
| ⇒ 無遠弗屆 | [ wú yuǎn fú jiè ] to extend all over the globe (idiom), far-reaching |
| ⇒ 玄遠 | [ xuán yuǎn ] profound, abstruse mystery |
| ⇒ 甩遠 | [ yuǎn ] to cast far from oneself, to leave sb far behind, to outdistance |
| ⇒ 疏遠 | [ shū yuǎn ] to drift apart, to become estranged, to alienate, estrangement |
| ⇒ 登高望遠 | [ dēng gaō wàng yuǎn ] to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view, acute foresight |
| ⇒ 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親 | [ qióng zaì naò shì wú rén wèn fù zaì shēn shān yoǔ yuǎn qīn ] the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain |
| ⇒ 立定跳遠 | [ lì dìng yuǎn ] standing long jump |
| ⇒ 綏遠 | [ suí yuǎn ] old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia |
| ⇒ 綏遠省 | [ suí yuǎn shěng ] former Suiyuan province in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi |
| ⇒ 綿遠 | [ mián yuǎn ] remote |
| ⇒ 繞遠兒 | [ raò yuǎn ] to go the long way round, to take a circuitous route, (of a route) circuitous |
| ⇒ 老遠 | [ laǒ yuǎn ] very far away |
| ⇒ 臭名遠揚 | [ choù míng yuǎn yáng ] stinking reputation, notorious far and wide |
| ⇒ 言近旨遠 | [ yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn ] simple words with a profound meaning (idiom) |
| ⇒ 貴遠賤近 | [ guì yuǎn jiàn jìn ] to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) |
| ⇒ 路途遙遠 | [ lù tú yaó yuǎn ] distant, far-flung |
| ⇒ 跳遠 | [ yuǎn ] long jump (athletics) |
| ⇒ 迂遠 | [ yū yuǎn ] impractical |
| ⇒ 遙遠 | [ yaó yuǎn ] distant, remote |
| ⇒ 遠遠 | [ yuǎn yuǎn ] distant, by far |
| ⇒ 遠遠超過 | [ yuǎn yuǎn chaō guò ] surpassing by far |
| ⇒ 遼遠 | [ yuǎn ] distant, far away, remote |
| ⇒ 邈遠 | [ yuǎn ] see 渺遠|渺远[miao3 yuan3] |
| ⇒ 邊遠 | [ biān yuǎn ] far from the center, remote, outlying |
| ⇒ 鎮遠 | [ zhèn yuǎn ] Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| ⇒ 鎮遠縣 | [ zhèn yuǎn xiàn ] Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| ⇒ 長轡遠馭 | [ cháng peì yuǎn yù ] to control from a distance (idiom) |
| ⇒ 長遠 | [ cháng yuǎn ] long-term, long-range |
| ⇒ 開遠 | [ kaī yuǎn ] Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| ⇒ 開遠市 | [ kaī yuǎn shì ] Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| ⇒ 雙筒望遠鏡 | [ shuāng tǒng wàng yuǎn jìng ] binoculars |
| ⇒ 靖遠 | [ jìng yuǎn ] Jingyuan county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu |
| ⇒ 靖遠縣 | [ jìng yuǎn xiàn ] Jingyuan county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu |
| ⇒ 馬致遠 | [ mǎ zhì yuǎn ] Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
| ⇒ 騖遠 | [ wù yuǎn ] overambitious |
| ⇒ 高瞻遠矚 | [ gaō zhān yuǎn zhǔ ] to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view, acute foresight |
| ⇒ 高舉遠蹈 | [ gaō jǔ yuǎn daǒ ] to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray |
| ⇒ 高遠 | [ gaō yuǎn ] lofty |
| ⇒ 高飛遠走 | [ gaō feī yuǎn zoǔ ] to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place |