to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from

(bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)

foot (足) + giant sound (巨) = distance measured by foot

足 grounds the meaning in the body — specifically the leg, where a spur juts out or a stride measures distance. 巨 mainly lends the sound jù and doesn't carry the meaning here.

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学校我家只有两公里。

xuéxiào jù wǒ jiā zhǐ yǒu liǎng gōnglǐ。

The school is only two kilometers from my home.

这个村子最近的医院有三十公里远。

zhège cūnzi jù zuì jìn de yīyuàn yǒu sānshí gōnglǐ yuǎn。

This village is thirty kilometers away from the nearest hospital.

Words with 距

远距离

yuǎn jù lí

long-distance

远距离监视

yuǎn jù lí jiān shì

off-site monitoring

长距离

cháng jù lí

long-distance

间距

jiān jù

gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events

零距离

líng jù lí

zero distance

偏差距离

piān chā jù lí

offset distance

传输距离

chuán shū jù lí

transmission distance

全距

quán jù

range (of a set of data) (statistics)

两性差距

liǎng xìng chā jù

disparity between the sexes

跨距

kuà jù

time span

垂直和短距起落飞机

chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jī

vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft

差距

chā jù

disparity

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