遠

yuǎn = yu + an3

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

远 = 元 + 辶 : In anthill Yu the Great spent already hundreds of coins on a claw crane, because she wants these gladiator sandals so badly. She tries again and again, but she always moves the claw too far.

yuàn = yu + an4

to distance oneself from (classical)

遠 character breakdown

遠
- 袁
  - 吉
    - 口
    - 士
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
  - 𧘇
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 辶

yuán = yu + an2

surname Yuan

袁 = 吉 + 𧘇 : Did you know that it was Yu the Great (yu) and the giant (吉) who captured Yuan (袁) Shikai at the end of the war for the republic in 1916? They waited for him just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) and wrapped him up in a long robe (袁) as soon as he entered.

yuán = yu + an2

long robe (old)

袁 = 吉 + 𧘇 : Did you know that it was Yu the Great (yu) and the giant (吉) who captured Yuan (袁) Shikai at the end of the war for the republic in 1916? They waited for him just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) and wrapped him up in a long robe (袁) as soon as he entered.

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 遠 as component

wěi = w + ei3

surname Wei

wěi = w + ei3

(arch.) type of grass

Words with 遠

forever / eternal

to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement

far-reaching / profound and long-lasting

lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom)

Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong province

distantly remote / also written 邈遠|邈远[miao3 yuan3]

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

gradually proceed, gradually get further apart

point at infinity (math.) / infinitely distant point

to extend all over the globe (idiom) / far-reaching

profound / abstruse mystery

to cast far from oneself / to leave sb far behind / to outdistance

to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view / acute foresight

,

the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain

standing long jump

old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia

for ever and ever

a well-thought out long-term strategy

deep / profound

Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong

Sentences with 遠

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