千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance 行万里路胜读万卷书 行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books 读万卷书，行万里路 讀萬卷書，行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom) / rapid progress syn 鹏程万里 鵬程萬里 péng chéng wàn lǐ the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant syn 转战千里 轉戰千里 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle 决胜千里 決勝千里 jué shèng qiān lǐ to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom) 好事不出门，恶事传千里 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) 恶事传千里 惡事傳千里 è shì chuán qiān lǐ evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom) / scandal spreads like wildfire 王希孟 wáng xī mèng Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山 万里江山 萬里江山 wàn lǐ jiāng shān lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom) 万里追踪 萬里追蹤 wàn lǐ zhuī zōng to pursue for ten thousand miles 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 远门 遠門 yuǎn mén (to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative syn 遐方 xiá fāng distant places / distant lands 千儿八百 千兒八百 qiān r bā bǎi (coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand 万儿八千 萬兒八千 wàn r bā qiān ten thousand or almost ten thousand 千经万卷 千經萬卷 qiān jīng wàn juǎn lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls / fig. the vast Buddhist canon 万里 萬里 wàn lǐ far away / thousands of miles / 10,000 li 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 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 老骥伏枥 老驥伏櫪 lǎo jì fú lì lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. aged person with great aspirations syn 由旬 yóu xún yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles) 老骥伏枥，志在千里 老驥伏櫪，志在千里 lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations 远隔千里 遠隔千里 yuǎn gé qiān lǐ thousands of miles away / far away 食品里程 food miles 一个天南，一个地北 一個天南，一個地北 yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi to live miles apart (idiom) 一个天南，一个地北 一個天南，一個地北 yī ge - tiān nán , yī ge - dì běi (idiom) to live miles apart 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 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 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn 最远 最遠 zuì yuǎn furthest / most distant / at maximum distance 隐隐约约 隱隱約約 yǐn yǐn yuē yuē faint / distant / barely audible syn 渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain / remote / distant and indistinct / vague syn 苍茫 蒼茫 cāng máng boundless / vast / hazy (distant horizon) syn 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 远赴 遠赴 yuǎn fù to travel to (a distant place) 悠远 悠遠 yōu yuǎn long time ago / distant / far away syn 隔膜 gé mó diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert syn 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo from distant parts syn 天南地北 tiān nán dì běi distant places / all over the country / (to talk) about this and that 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 远征军 遠征軍 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn 山珍海味 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies / luxury foodstuff from distant locations syn 遥想 遙想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future) syn 远房 遠房 yuǎn fáng distantly related / a distant relative syn 远游 遠遊 yuǎn yóu to travel far / distant wanderings 深谋远虑 深謀遠慮 shēn móu yuǎn lǜ lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom) syn 亲疏 親疏 qīn shū close and distant (relatives) syn 远亲 遠親 yuǎn qīn a distant relative syn 辽远 遼遠 liáo yuǎn distant / faraway / remote syn 远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) 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 粗 麤 cū remote / distant / variant of 粗[cu1] syn 遥 遙 yáo (bound form) distant / remote / far away syn 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 辽 遼 liáo (bound form) distant / faraway 缅 緬 miǎn distant / remote / detailed 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 渺 miǎo (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant syn 攸 yōu distant, far / adverbial prefix 遐 xiá distant / long-lasting / to abandon syn 邃 suì deep / distant / mysterious syn 赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn 逌 yóu distant / joyous / satisfied 窎 窵 diào (literary) distant / deep / profound 白雪皑皑 白雪皚皚 bái xuě ái ái brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks) 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 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 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 遐胄 xiá zhòu distant descendants 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 远胄 遠胄 yuǎn zhòu distant descendants 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 