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敬而远之

jìng ér yuǎn zhī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 敬而遠之

敬而远之 (jìng ér yuǎn zhī) means "to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 敬而远之 means

1. to show respect from a distance (idiom)
2. to remain at a respectful distance

The characters in 敬而远之

• 敬jìng(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

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