久远

久遠
jiǔyuǎn
adjective #20,390

Meanings

  1. 1 long ago
  2. 2 ancient
  3. 3 distant (in time)

Examples

Zhège chuántǒng kěyǐ zhuīsù dào jiǔyuǎn de guòqù.
This tradition can be traced back to the distant past.
Nà duàn lìshǐ yǐjīng jiǔyuǎn, hěn shǎo yǒu rén jìde le.
That period of history is long past; very few people remember it.

Tips

usage
久远 describes temporal distance into the past. It often collocates with 历史 (history) or 年代 (era). Compare 遥远 which more commonly describes spatial or abstract distance.

Stroke Order

jiǔ
yuǎn