窵遠

窵遠

1. (literary) distant; remote; faraway

   • 且說天下名山，除王母所住崑崙之外，海島中有三座名山：一名蓬萊，二名方丈，三名瀛洲，都是道路窵遠，其高異常。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     且说天下名山，除王母所住昆仑之外，海岛中有三座名山：一名蓬莱，二名方丈，三名瀛洲，都是道路窎远，其高异常。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Li Ruzhen, Flowers in the Mirror, 1818 CE, translated based on Lin Tai-yi's version

     Qiěshuō tiānxià míngshān, chú wángmǔ suǒ zhù Kūnlún zhīwài, hǎidǎo zhōng yǒu sān zuò míngshān: yī míng Pénglái, èr míng Fāngzhàng, sān míng Yíngzhōu, dōu shì dàolù diàoyuǎn, qí gāo yìcháng. [Pinyin]

     Of the great mountains under heaven, apart from the Kunlun, where the Western Queen Mother resides, there are known to be three in the islands overseas; the Penglai, the Fangzhang, and the Yingzhou. All are of great height, far away and difficult to climb.