开远

开

開

ka̅i

远

遠

yuǎn

Kaiyuan, county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan

Characters and words in 开远

开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

远

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.

远

遠

yuàn = yu + an4

to distance oneself from (classical)