迢迢

tiáotiáo
adjective #68,594

Meanings

  1. 1 far away
  2. 2 remote
  3. 3 long (of a road or journey)

Examples

HSK 5
Huí jiā de lù tiáotiáo, tā zǒu le zhěngzhěng sān tiān.
The road home was long, and he walked for three whole days.
HSK 6
Shānshuǐ tiáotiáo, gébuduàn liǎngdì péngyou de sīniàn.
Mountains and rivers lie far between them, but they cannot cut off the longing of friends in two places.

Tips

usage
Literary. The everyday phrase is 千里迢迢 'from a thousand li away', said of someone who came a long way. 迢迢牵牛星 'far, far away the Cowherd Star' opens a poem of the 《古诗十九首》 'Nineteen Old Poems'.

Stroke Order

迢 tiáo