Usage of the character 遙
yáo
遥
[遙]
- (bound form) distant; remote; far away
yáoyuǎn
遥远
[遙遠]
- distant; remote
Píngyáo
平遥
[平遙]
- Pingyao county in Jinzhong 晉中／晋中 ( Jìnzhōng), Shanxi
yáogǎn
遥感
[遙感]
- remote sensing
yáoguān
遥观
[遙觀]
- to look into the distance
yáoxiǎng
遥想
[遙想]
- to think about (the distant past or future)
xiāoyáo
逍遥
[逍遙]
- free and unfettered
yáowàng
遥望
[遙望]
- to look into the distance
yáocè
遥测
[遙測]
- telemetry
yáoyáo
遥遥
[遙遙]
- distant
- remote
yáokòng
遥控
[遙控]
- to direct operations from a remote location
- to remotely control
yáokòngqì
遥控器
[遙控器]
- remote control
Píngyáoxiàn
平遥县
[平遙縣]
- Pingyao county in Jinzhong 晉中／晋中 ( Jìnzhōng), Shanxi
yáokòngchē
遥控车
[遙控車]
- radio-controlled car
yáoyáo-lǐngxiān
遥遥领先
[遙遙領先]
- a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
yáoyáowúqī
遥遥无期
[遙遙無期]
- far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
xiāoyáofǎwài
逍遥法外
[逍遙法外]
- unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
- getting away with it (e.g. crimes)
- still at large
xiāoyáozìdé
逍遥自得
[逍遙自得]
- doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
yáobùkějí
遥不可及
[遙不可及]
- unattainable
- far-fetched
- out of reach
- exceedingly remote or distant
yáokòngcāozuò
遥控操作
[遙控操作]
- remote operation
lùtúyáoyuǎn
路途遥远
[路途遙遠]
- it's a very long journey to get there
xiāoyáozìzai
逍遥自在
[逍遙自在]
- free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
- outside the reach of the law (of criminal)
- at large
lùyáozhīmǎlì,rìjiǔjiànrénxīn
路遥知马力，日久见人心
[路遙知馬力，日久見人心]
- just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)