- 不远万里 bùyuǎnwànlǐ to brave a long journeyTo not consider ten thousand miles a great distance; describes the effort of someone who travels from afar out of sincerity or enthusiasm.
- 不远千里 bùyuǎnqiānlǐ to not mind traveling a long distance(literary) to make light of traveling a thousand [[里|里|li3]]; used as a polite way to describe someone's enthusiasm in coming from a long way away
- 为期不远 wéiqībùyuǎn not far offin the near future; to take place soon; the day is not far off
- 殷鉴不远 yīnjiànbùyuǎn lessons from the past are close at handThe lessons of history are not far to seek; used to say that one should take warning from the failures of those who came before.
- 相去不远 xiāngqùbùyuǎn not far apartnot far from each other; very similar; about the same