边远 biānyuǎn far from the center
far from the center; remote; outlying
How to remember 边远: 边 side + 远 far = far from the center.
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- Remote and far from the center - of places - 边远山区 (biānyuǎn shānqū) remote mountainous areas; 边远地区 outlying regions.
- Attributive, describing hard-to-reach, underdeveloped locales, often in policy/development contexts.
- 边远 combines "border + far" - remote in the sense of being at the outer edges of a country; near 偏远 (piānyuǎn), which stresses out-of-the-way isolation.