由近及远
yóu​jìn​jí​yuǎn

from near to far

  • created sense approved 由近及远/由近及遠 · yóu​jìn​jí​yuǎn · from near to far — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    由近及远 / 由近及遠

    yóu​jìn​jí​yuǎn

    from near to far

    proceeding from the nearby to the distant; starting with things close at hand and moving further away

    由 (literal) → 由 · yóu · from 近 (literal) → 近 · jìn · near 及 (literal) → 及 · jí · to reach 远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · far

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense