远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn 远远 遠遠 yuǎn yuǎn distant / by far syn 深处 深處 shēn chù abyss / depths / deepest or most distant part syn 遥远 遙遠 yáo yuǎn distant / remote 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 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo from distant parts syn 远门 遠門 yuǎn mén (to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative 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 远亲 遠親 yuǎn qīn a distant 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 远房 遠房 yuǎn fáng distantly related / a distant relative 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 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 炎黄子孙 炎黃子孫 yán huáng zǐ sūn descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) 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 分封 fēn fēng to divide and confer (property on one's descendants) syn 辽远 遼遠 liáo yuǎn distant / faraway / remote syn 太子党 太子黨 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC) 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 胄 zhòu helmet / descendants 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 京族 jīng zú Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam 邃 suì deep / distant / mysterious syn 白雪皑皑 白雪皚皚 bái xuě ái ái brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks) 无后 無後 wú hòu (literary) to have no descendants / to have no son to continue one's lineage syn 逌 yóu distant / joyous / satisfied 窎 窵 diào (literary) distant / deep / profound 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 衍圣公 衍聖公 yǎn shèng gōng hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants 宗圣侯 宗聖侯 zōng shèng hóu hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants 宗圣公 宗聖公 zōng shèng gōng hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants 支与流裔 支與流裔 zhī yǔ liú yì lit. branches and descendants / of a similar kind / related 胄裔 zhòu yì descendants 胄裔繁衍 zhòu yì fán yǎn Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom) 华胄 華胄 huá zhòu (literary) Han people / descendants of nobles 衍圣公府 衍聖公府 yǎn shèng gōng fǔ the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong 裔胄 yì zhòu descendants / offspring 贵胄 貴胄 guì zhòu descendants of feudal aristocrats 龙的传人 龍的傳人 lóng de chuán rén Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese) 本省人 běn shěng rén people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on 绵绵瓜瓞 綿綿瓜瓞 mián mián - guā dié lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations 逴 chuò apparent / distant / highly 窵 diào deep / distant / profound 充车 充車 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 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰 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 渺运 渺運 miǎo yùn faraway / distant / remote 渺远 渺遠 miǎo yuǎn distant / remote (spatially or in time) 无穷远点 無窮遠點 wú qióng yuǎn diǎn point at infinity (math.) / infinitely distant point 疏淡 shū dàn sparse / thin / distant 疏阔 疏闊 shū kuò inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered 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 遥不可及 遙不可及 yáo bù kě jí unattainable / far-fetched / out of reach / exceedingly remote or distant 远天 遠天 yuǎn tiān heaven / the distant sky 远水救不了近火 遠水救不了近火 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 远门近枝 遠門近枝 yuǎn mén jìn zhī near and distant relatives 邈冥冥 miǎo míng míng far off / distant 邈然 miǎo rán distant / remote 边裔 邊裔 biān yì remote area / distant marches 留守儿童 留守兒童 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 远洋渔船队 yuàn yáng yú chuán duì distant-water fleet 远洋捕鱼 遠洋捕魚 yuàn yáng bǔ yú distant-water fishing 远洋捕捞 遠洋捕撈 yuàn yáng bǔ lāo distant-water fishing 