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1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.

君子远庖厨

jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú

1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen

天差地远

tiān chā dì yuǎn

1 poles apart (idiom)
2 entirely different

天高皇帝远

tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn

1 lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
2 fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

好高骛远

hào gāo wù yuǎn

1 to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
2 to aim too high

Sample Sentences

远上寒山石径斜，

yuǎn shàng hán shān shíjìng xiá ，

Far away on the cold mountain stone path

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我可以永远笑着扮演你的配角，在你的背后自己煎熬。

wǒ kěyǐ yǒngyuǎn xiào zhe bànyǎn nǐ de pèijué ，zài nǐ de bèihòu zìjǐ jiānáo 。

I could smile forever as I pretend to be your supporting role, suffering alone behind you.

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我不了解也不混饭圈，对我来说偶像是那种只可远观的存在呢。

wǒ bù liǎojiě yě bù hùn fànquān ，duì wǒ láishuō ǒuxiàng shì nàzhǒng zhǐkěyuǎnguān de cúnzài ne 。

I don’t understand and don’t delve in fans circles, to me idols are something to be observed from a distance.

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不过是迷上了怀旧电影，每次播放一段录像带都像是做了一场很久远的梦。

bùguò shì míshàng le huáijiù diànyǐng ，měicì bōfàng yī duàn lùxiàngdài dōu xiàng shì zuò le yīchǎng hěn jiǔyuǎn de mèng 。

Its just that I’m obsessed with nostalgic movies, and each time I play a video, it seems like a far away dream.

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若干年后齐宣王过世，他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽，不同的是，他喜欢听独奏。有天，他颁布了道命令，要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心，大家都想要在君王面前大展身手，只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚，十分焦虑。心想：”这可是欺君之罪，要杀头的啊！我还不得赶紧溜之大吉？”于是连忙收拾行李，有多远逃多远了。

ruògān nián hòu QíXuānwáng guòshì ，tā de érzi QíMǐnwáng jìchéng le wángwèi 。zhèwèi QíMǐnwáng hé tā diē yīyàng yě xǐhuan tīng rén chuīzòu yú ，bùtóng de shì ，tā xǐhuan tīng dúzòu 。yǒu tiān ，tā bānbù le dào mìnglìng ，yāoqiú gétiān ràng nà sān bǎi wèi yuèshī zhúyī chuī yú gěi tā tīng 。yuèshī men tīngwén mìnglìng dōu xiāngdāng kāixīn ，dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào zài jūnwáng miànqián dàzhǎnshēnshǒu ，zhǐyǒu nà wèi lànyúchōngshù de Nánguō xiānsheng juéde fēicháng xīnxū ，shífēn jiāolǜ 。xīnxiǎng ：”zhè kěshì qījūnzhīzuì ，yào shātóu de a ！wǒ hái bùdé gǎnjǐn liūzhīdàjí ？”yúshì liánmáng shōushi xíngli ，yǒu duō yuǎn táo duō yuǎn le 。

Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.

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这没什么，我还差得远呢！

zhè méishénme ，wǒ hái chà de yuǎn ne ！

This is nothing. I’m far from great.

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差点溺水的那一次之后，我永远都不敢游泳了。这就是“一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。”

chàdiǎn nìshuǐ de nà yīcì zhīhòu ，wǒ yǒngyuǎn dōu bù gǎn yóuyǒng le 。zhè jiùshì “yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàcǎoshéng 。”

After that time I almost drowned, I would never have the courage to swim again.This is “Once bitten, twice shy.”

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顾客永远是对的。

gùkè yǒngyuǎn shì duì de 。

Customers are always right.

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好远

hǎo yuǎn

(spoken as háo yǔan) very far

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但在此后数年间，亚马逊电商业务面临水土不服以及中国本土电商的挤压，持续走在收缩的道路上，市场份额也从15.4%跌至不到1%，电商业务不断压缩后的亚马逊在中国还能走多远？一切尚待观察。

dàn zài cǐhòu shǔ niánjiān ，Yàmǎxùn diànshāng yèwù miànlín shuǐtǔbùfú yǐjí Zhōngguó běntǔ diànshāng de jǐyā ，chíxù zǒu zài shōusuō de dàolù shàng ，shìchǎngfèné yě cóng diēzhì bùdào ，diànshāng yèwù bùduàn yāsuō hòu de Yàmǎxùn zài Zhōngguó hái néng zǒu duō yuǎn ？yīqiè shàng dài guānchá 。

However, in the following years, squeezed by China’s local e-commerce players, Amazon's e-commerce business began to shrink. The market share also fell from 15.4% to less than 1%. How far can Amazon go in China with it’s shrinking e-commerce business. Everything remains to be seen.

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