(jù lí) - distance, to be apart from in Mandarin

jùlí

Traditional: 距離

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Translation

distance, to be apart from

Word origin

A compound of 距 (jù, to be apart from) and 离 (lí, to leave, to separate), together expressing the gap between two points.

Origin: compound
Root: 距 (jù, apart from) + 离 (lí, to separate)

Stroke order

距

离

Examples

座zuò。

The distance between the two cities is great.

。

Please keep a safe distance.

。

My home is only five minutes from school.

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There is a sense of distance between them.

段duàn。

This distance is walkable.

距离 (jùlí) means distance, the space between two points, and can also work as a verb meaning to be apart from. It applies to physical gaps and to emotional or figurative ones.

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This word is part of lesson 36.