"Distant" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 遥远 | yáo yuǎn | distant / remote |   |
| 远 |  yuǎn | far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) | |
| 远远 | yuǎn yuǎn | distant / by far | |
| 隐隐约约 | yǐn yǐn yuē yuē | faint / distant / barely audible | |
| 遥遥 | yáo yáo | distant / remote | |
| 悠远 | yōu yuǎn | long time ago / distant / far away | |
| 隔膜 | gé mó | diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert | |
| 辽远 | liáo yuǎn | distant / faraway / remote | |
| 粗 | cū | remote / distant / variant of 粗[cu1] | |
| 遥 | yáo | (bound form) distant / remote / far away | |
| 疏 | shū | to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation | |
| 辽 | Liáo | (bound form) distant / faraway | |
| 缅 | miǎn | distant / remote / detailed | |
| 遐 | xiá | distant / long-lasting / to abandon | |
| 邃 | suì | deep / distant / mysterious | |
| 赊 | shē | to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive | |
| 逌 | yóu | distant / joyous / satisfied | |
| 窎 | diào | (literary) distant / deep / profound | |
| 逴 | chuò | apparent / distant / highly | |
| 渺运 | miǎo yùn | faraway / distant / remote | |
| 渺远 | miǎo yuǎn | distant / remote (spatially or in time) | |
| 疏淡 | shū dàn | sparse / thin / distant | |
| 疏阔 | shū kuò | inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered | |
| 邈冥冥 | miǎo míng míng | far off / distant | |
| 邈然 | miǎo rán | distant / remote | |
| 倞 | liàng | distant / to seek / old variant of 亮[liang4] / bright | |
| 深处 | shēn chù | abyss / depths / deepest or most distant part | |
| 远处 | yuǎn chù | distant place | |
| 远方 | yuǎn fāng | far away / a distant location | |
| 上古 | shàng gǔ | the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times | |
| 最远 | zuì yuǎn | furthest / most distant / at maximum distance | |
| 渺茫 | miǎo máng | uncertain / remote / distant and indistinct / vague | |
| 远洋 | yuǎn yáng | distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast) | |
| 远赴 | yuǎn fù | to travel to (a distant place) | |
| 源远流长 | 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 | |
| 千里迢迢 | qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo | from distant parts | |
| 天南地北 | tiān nán dì běi | distant places / all over the country / (to talk) about this and that | |
| 若即若离 | ruò jí ruò lí | lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague | |
| 远征军 | yuǎn zhēng jūn | expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition | |
| 本家 | běn jiā | a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name | |
| 山珍海味 | shān zhēn hǎi wèi | exotic delicacies / luxury foodstuff from distant locations | |
| 遥想 | yáo xiǎng | to think about (the distant past or future) | |
| 远房 | yuǎn fáng | distantly related / a distant relative | |
| 远游 | yuǎn yóu | to travel far / distant wanderings | |
| 深谋远虑 | shēn móu yuǎn lu:4 | lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom) | |
| 亲疏 | qīn shū | close and distant (relatives) | |
| 远亲 | yuǎn qīn | a distant relative | |
| 远门 | yuǎn mén | (to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative | |
| 不即不离 | bù jí bù lí | to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length | |
| 裔 | yì | (bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery | |
| 渺 | miǎo | (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant | |
| 攸 | yōu | distant, far / adverbial prefix | |
| 白雪皑皑 | bái xuě ái ái | brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks) | |
| 亲疏贵贱 | qīn shū guì jiàn | close and distant, rich and poor (idiom) / everyone / all possible relations | |
| 遐迩一体 | xiá ěr yī tǐ | both near and distant treated alike (idiom) | |
| 远水不解近渴 | 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 | |
| 高举远蹈 | gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo | to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom) / to retire and place oneself above the fray | |
| 窵 | diào | deep / distant / profound | |
| 充车 | chōng chē | to be transported to a distant place for penal servitude / to banish | |
| 千里之外 | qiān lǐ zhī wài | thousand miles distant | |
| 杳茫 | yǎo máng | distant and out of sight | |
| 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 | hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín | close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away | |
| 无穷远点 | wú qióng yuǎn diǎn | point at infinity (math.) / infinitely distant point | |
| 眇眇 | miǎo miǎo | sublime / solitary / distant or remote / to gaze off into the distance | |
| 藐藐 | miǎo miǎo | contemptuous (of manner) / high and distant / mysterious / grand / magnificent | |
| 遐方 | xiá fāng | distant places / distant lands | |
| 遐胄 | xiá zhòu | distant descendants | |
| 遥不可及 | yáo bù kě jí | unattainable / far-fetched / out of reach / exceedingly remote or distant | |
| 远天 | yuǎn tiān | heaven / the distant sky | |
| 远水救不了近火 | yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo 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 | |
| 远胄 | yuǎn zhòu | distant descendants | |
| 远门近枝 | yuǎn mén jìn zhī | near and distant relatives | |
| 边裔 | biān yì | remote area / distant marches | |
| 留守儿童 | liú shǒu ér tóng | "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them | |
| 远洋捕鱼国 | yuàn yáng bǔ yú guó | distant water fishing nation | |
| 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外 | yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài | a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom) | |
| 七大姑八大姨 | qī dà gū bā dà yí | distant relatives | |
| 扬帆远航 | yáng fān yuǎn háng | to set sail on a voyage to a distant place / (fig.) to undertake a great mission | |
| 负笈 | fù jí | (literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place) | |
| 远嫁 | yuǎn jià | to marry a man who lives in a distant place | |
