所 suǒ actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 远远 遠遠 yuǎn yuǎn distant / by far syn 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 深处 深處 shēn chù abyss / depths / deepest or most distant part syn 遥远 遙遠 yáo yuǎn distant / remote syn 相对 相對 xiāng duì relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart syn 远处 遠處 yuǎn chù distant place syn 远方 遠方 yuǎn fāng far away / a distant location syn 渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain / remote / distant and indistinct / vague syn 对立 對立 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo from distant parts syn 高下 gāo xià relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 隔膜 gé mó diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert syn 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn 护短 護短 hù duǎn to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong syn 过继 過繼 guò jì to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative) syn 远征军 遠征軍 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition 遥遥 遙遙 yáo yáo distant / remote syn 远洋 遠洋 yuǎn yáng distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast) syn 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn 展位 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 成色 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness syn 山珍海味 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies / luxury foodstuff from distant locations syn 远游 遠遊 yuǎn yóu to travel far / distant wanderings 隐隐约约 隱隱約約 yǐn yǐn yuē yuē faint / distant / barely audible syn 深谋远虑 深謀遠慮 shēn móu yuǎn lǜ lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom) syn 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn 苍茫 蒼茫 cāng máng boundless / vast / hazy (distant horizon) syn 若即若离 若即若離 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague syn 周济 周濟 zhōu jì help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济) syn 悠远 悠遠 yōu yuǎn long time ago / distant / far away syn 天南地北 tiān nán dì běi distant places / all over the country / (to talk) about this and that syn 最远 最遠 zuì yuǎn furthest / most distant / at maximum distance 远赴 遠赴 yuǎn fù to travel to (a distant place) 源远流长 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 syn 遥想 遙想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future) syn 亲疏 親疏 qīn shū close and distant (relatives) syn 认亲 認親 rèn qīn to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 土狼 tǔ láng aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena 辽远 遼遠 liáo yuǎn distant / faraway / remote syn 裙带关系 裙帶關係 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 粗 麤 cū remote / distant / variant of 粗[cu1] syn 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 syn 遥 遙 yáo (bound form) distant / remote / far away syn 攸 yōu distant, far / adverbial prefix 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 syn 渺 miǎo (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant syn 赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn 辽 遼 liáo (bound form) distant / faraway 缅 緬 miǎn distant / remote / detailed 遐 xiá distant / long-lasting / to abandon syn 不即不离 不即不離 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length syn 邃 suì deep / distant / mysterious syn 非亲非故 非親非故 fēi qīn fēi gù lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way syn 白雪皑皑 白雪皚皚 bái xuě ái ái brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks) 逌 yóu distant / joyous / satisfied 窎 窵 diào (literary) distant / deep / profound 相对湿度 相對濕度 xiāng duì shī dù relative humidity 远亲不如近邻 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. 亲疏贵贱 親疏貴賤 qīn shū guì jiàn close and distant, rich and poor (idiom) / everyone / all possible relations 遐迩一体 遐邇一體 xiá ěr yī tǐ both near and distant treated alike (idiom) 远水不解近渴 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 高举远蹈 高舉遠蹈 gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom) / to retire and place oneself above the fray 遐方 xiá fāng distant places / distant lands 宾语关系从句 賓語關係從句 bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù object relative clause 绝对数字 絕對數字 jué duì shù zì absolute (as opposed to relative) number 右分枝关系从句 右分枝關係從句 yòu fēn zhī guān xì cóng jù right branching relative clauses 中心埋置关系从句 中心埋置關係從句 zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù center-embedded relative clauses 伤悼 傷悼 shāng dào to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn 丧亲 喪親 sàng qīn bereavement / to lose a relative 对比温度 對比溫度 duì bǐ wēn dù (thermodynamics) reduced temperature (used to compare fluids at different temperatures relative to their critical points) 戚属 戚屬 qī shǔ relative / family member / dependent 直系血亲 直系血親 zhí xì xuè qìng direct descendant / blood relative 相对位置 相對位置 xiāng duì wèi zhi relative position 相对地址 相對地址 xiāng duì dì zhǐ relative address (computing) 相对密度 相對密度 xiāng duì mì dù relative density 睦亲 睦親 mù qīn close relative 裙带风 裙帶風 qún dài fēng the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates 躲穷 躲窮 duǒ qióng to take refuge with a rich relative 乡戚 鄉戚 xiāng qi a relative / a family member 错动 錯動 cuò dòng to move relative to one another 相对年代 relative chronology 关于建立国际捕获法院公约 關於建立國際捕獲法院公約 Convention relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court 相对渗透率 相對滲透率 relative permeability 变差系数 變差系數 coefficient of variation / relative standard deviation 相对标准差 相對標準差 coefficient of variation / relative standard deviation 相对海平面 相對海平面 relative sea level 关于战时保护平民之日内瓦公约 關於戰時保護平民之日內瓦公約 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War / Fourth Geneva Convention 