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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

遥远 [yáoyuǎn]
  1. 1. adjective [指距离] distant
  2. 2. adjective [指时间] far-off
    遥远的将来
    the far-off future

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

遥远 [yáoyuǎn]
  1. 1. distant; remote; faraway
    遥远的将来
    the distant (or remote) future
    我来自一个遥远的地方,一个你们从来也没听说过的地方。
    客栈离我们还很遥远,我们应该去哪里投宿呢?
  2. 2. distance; remoteness

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

遥远 [yáoyuǎn]
  1. 1. (时间或空间的距离)很远
    遥远的太平洋彼岸。
    遥远的古代。

Examples

路途遥远
a long way to go; far away 路途
草原一直伸展到遥远的天边。
The prairie stretches to the distant horizon. 伸展
遥远的将来
the distant (or remote) future 遥远
这个传说可以追溯到遥远的过去。
The legend goes (or can be traced) back to remote antiquity. 追溯
我来自一个遥远的地方,一个你们从来也没听说过的地方。 遥远
客栈离我们还很遥远,我们应该去哪里投宿呢? 遥远
她家在南疆城市库尔勒, 对我来说那是个很遥远的地方。
She lives in Ku’erle, Xinjiang, which for me is a faraway place. 南疆
遥远的大洋彼岸, 碰到乡党是一件让人兴奋的事。
It is an exciting thing to encounter one's countrymen in a foreign land. 乡党
虚拟经济离我太遥远了, 我也不想知道是怎么回事。 虚拟经济
相距遥远
far apart from each other

Collocations

遥远的地方
a faraway place
路途遥远
the journey is faraway
非常遥远
very faraway

Word Decomposition


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