远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn 距离 距離 jù lí distance / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be apart from syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn 行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn 越过 越過 yuè guò to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above syn 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 西边 西邊 xī biān west / west side / western part / to the west of syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 全程 quán chéng the whole distance / from beginning to end 东边 東邊 dōng bian east / east side / eastern part / to the east of syn 长途 長途 cháng tú long distance syn 相隔 xiāng gé separated by (distance or time etc) syn 西面 xī miàn west side / west syn 里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn 西岸 xī àn the west bank / West Bank of Jordan River 投掷 投擲 tóu zhì to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin) syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 航程 háng chéng flight / voyage / distance traveled / range (of an airplane or ship) syn 长跑 長跑 cháng pǎo long-distance running 长途电话 長途電話 cháng tú diàn huà long-distance call 东侧 東側 dōng cè east side / east face syn 焦距 jiāo jù focal length / focal distance 相距 xiāng jù distance apart / separated by a given distance syn 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 遥望 遙望 yáo wàng to look into the distance syn 西侧 西側 xī cè west side / west face 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 长途汽车 長途汽車 cháng tú qì chē long-distance coach 短距离 短距離 duǎn jù lí short distance / a stone's throw away syn 连绵 連綿 lián mián continuous / unbroken / uninterrupted / extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc) syn 间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events syn 敬而远之 敬而遠之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance syn 跨度 kuà dù span / horizontal distance between vertical supports 长距离 長距離 cháng jù lí long distance syn 长途车 長途車 cháng tú chē long-distance bus / coach 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 东西方 東西方 dōng xī fāng east and west / east to west 幽深 yōu shēn serene and hidden in depth or distance syn 远眺 遠眺 yuǎn tiào to gaze into the distance syn 进深 進深 jìn shēn (of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear / depth syn 不远千里 不遠千里 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance syn 烽烟 烽煙 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) syn 华里 華里 huá lǐ li (Chinese unit of distance) 远望 遠望 yuǎn wàng to gaze afar / to look into the distance 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 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance 浩渺 hào miǎo vast / extending into the distance syn 东西 東西 dōng xī east and west syn 远距离 遠距離 yuǎn jù lí long-distance syn 最远 最遠 zuì yuǎn furthest / most distant / at maximum distance 零距离 零距離 líng jù lí zero distance / face-to-face 远端 遠端 yuǎn duān the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 瞭望 liào wàng to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout 打长途 打長途 dǎ cháng tú to make a long distance call 东南西北 東南西北 dōng nán xī běi east, south, west and north / all directions syn 测距仪 測距儀 cè jù yí distance measuring equipment 轮距 輪距 lún jù tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle) 十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn 五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn 声东击西 聲東擊西 shēng dōng jī xī to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion 浩淼 hào miǎo vast / extending into the distance syn 南北长 南北長 nán běi cháng north-south distance 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 株距 zhū jù spacing / distance between plants (within a row) 王军霞 王軍霞 wáng jūn xiá Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner 码 碼 mǎ weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc syn 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters syn 隔 gé to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of syn 舍 shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn 距 jù to be at a distance of ... from / to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc) syn 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 西区 西區 xī qū west district of city / west zone / Hsi west district of a Taiwanese city 眺 tiào to gaze into the distance syn 远避 遠避 yuǎn bì to keep at a distance / to forsake 天渊 天淵 tiān yuān distance between two poles / poles apart 拆东墙补西墙 拆東牆補西牆 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul 力臂 lì bì lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force) 翘望 翹望 qiáo wàng to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for 袤 mào length / distance from north to south 瞭 liào to watch from a height or distance 西 xī west syn 西德 xī dé West Germany / German Federal Republic 德意志聯邦共和國|德意志联邦共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Lian2 bang1 Gong4 he2 guo2] 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 东部 東部 dōng bù the east / eastern part 西方 xī fāng the West / the Occident / Western countries syn 东方 東方 dōng fāng east syn 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 东面 東面 dōng miàn east side (of sth) syn 以西 yǐ xī to the west of (suffix) 莱斯特 萊斯特 lái sī tè Lester or Leicester (name) / Leicester, English city in East Midlands 西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) 远东 遠東 yuǎn dōng Far East (loanword) 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn 