远 yuǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
远见
yuǎnjiàn
foresight; vision
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 真正有远见的管理者，不会为了季度利润牺牲研发投入。 Zhēnzhèng yǒu yuǎnjiàn de guǎnlǐzhě, bú huì wèile jìdù lìrùn xīshēng yánfā tóurù. A truly visionary manager will not sacrifice research and development investment for quarterly profits.
- 爷爷很有远见，早年就把钱投在了教育上。 Yéye hěn yǒu yuǎnjiàn, zǎonián jiù bǎ qián tóuzàile jiàoyù shang. Grandpa was very far-sighted and put money into education early on.
- 公司今天的发展证明了他当年的远见。 Gōngsī jīntiān de fāzhǎn zhèngmíngle tā dāngnián de yuǎnjiàn. The company's development today proves the foresight he had back then.
Related words
- 远 yuǎn far
- 永远 yǒngyuǎn forever
- 跳远 tiàoyuǎn long jump
- 远处 yuǎnchù far away
- 遥远 yáoyuǎn distant
- 远程 yuǎnchéng long-distance, remote
- 远方 yuǎnfāng distant place
- 边远 biānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 敬而远之 jìng'éryuǎnzhī to keep a respectful distance
- 偏远 piānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 绕远儿 ràoyuǎnr to take a roundabout route; roundabout
- 任重道远 rènzhòngdàoyuǎn the task is heavy and the road is long