yuǎn

distant, remote, far; profound

HSK 2 #386

DEFINITIONS

远 yuǎn
  • far
  • distant
  • remote
  • (intensifier in a comparison) by far
  • much (lower etc)
远 yuàn
  • to distance oneself from (classical)

STROKES

远 stroke order diagram
远 stroke order animation

WORDS

zuì yuǎn furthest; most distant; at maximum distance
有失迎 yǒu shī yuǎn yíng (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
瞄准镜 wàng yuǎn miào zhǔn jìng telescopic sight; scope (on a rifle)
镜座 wàng yuǎn jìng zuò Telescopium (constellation)
李怀 lǐ huái yuǎn Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
哲 lǐ yuǎn zhé Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
杨致 yáng zhì yuǎn Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo
极目望 jí mù yuǎn wàng as far as the eye can see
历史久 lì shǐ jiǔ yuǎn ancient history
永永 yǒng yǒng yuǎn yuǎn for ever and ever
深谋略 shēn móu yuǎn lüè a well-thought out long-term strategy
yuān yuǎn deep; profound
qīng yuǎn Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong
市 qīng yuǎn shì Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong province
miǎo yuǎn distantly remote; also written 邈遠|邈远[miao3 yuan3]
流长 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
渐行渐 jiàn xíng jiàn yuǎn gradually proceed, gradually get further apart
无穷点 wú qióng yuǎn diǎn point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point
弗届 wú yuǎn fú jiè to extend all over the globe (idiom); far-reaching
xuán yuǎn profound; abstruse mystery
shuǎi yuǎn to cast far from oneself; to leave sb far behind; to outdistance
登高望 dēng gāo wàng yuǎn to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
穷在闹市无人问,富在深山有亲 qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
立定跳 lì dìng tiào yuǎn standing long jump
suí yuǎn old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia