遠
简 远 · 繁 遠Characters in this entry
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3 · yuan3
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jyun5 · jyun6
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- distant; remote; far
- not intimate; distant
- profound
- (intensifier in a comparison) much; by far
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- to distance oneself from; to keep at a distance
- a surname
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