远方 (yuǎn fāng) — a distant place; the faraway | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

a distant placethe faraway

Examples

远方。
Wǒ cóng xiǎo jiù duì yuǎn fāng chōng mǎn le xiàng wǎng.
I've been longing for distant places since childhood.
远方。
Lái zì yuǎn fāng de kè rén gěi wǒ men dài lái le hěn duō xīn xiān de gù shi.
Guests from faraway places brought us many fresh stories.
远方。
Tā jué dìng qù yuǎn fāng xún zhǎo xīn de jī huì.
He decided to go to a distant place to find new opportunities.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

The sense of far combines with place to mean a distant place.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶元远

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

元yuán远yuǎn

Same sound today

远 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 元, used for its sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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