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远方

yuǎn fāng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 遠方

远方 (yuǎn fāng) means "far away; a distant location". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 远方 means

1. far away
2. a distant location

The characters in 远方

• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 她去了远方。
  Tā qù le yuǎnfāng.
  She went far away.
• 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
  Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bùyìlèhū?
  When a friend comes from afar, is that not delightful?
• 我们看到了远方灯塔的微光。
  Wǒmen kàn dào le yuǎnfāng dēngtǎ de wēiguāng.
  We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.
• 这个岛从远方看起来像一片云。
  Zhège dǎo cóng yuǎnfāng kànqǐlai xiàng yī piàn yún.
  Viewed from a distance, the island looked like a cloud.
• 数艘游艇在远方的海洋并列航行。
  Shù sōu yóutǐng zài yuǎnfāng de hǎiyáng bìngliè hángxíng.
  Several yachts were sailing side by side far out at sea.
• 我们可以用望远镜来观察远方的事物。
  Wǒmen kěyǐ yòng wàngyuǎnjìng lái guānchá yuǎnfāng de shìwù.
  We can see things in the distance using a telescope.

Words starting with 远方

• 远方来鸿yuǎn fāng lái hóngletter from afar (literary)

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