<ul>
<li><p>远方 is more literary/ classical</p>
</li>
<li><p>遥远的地方 is more colloquial/ modern</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>我住在一个遥远的地方。= 'I live in a faraway place'</p>
<p>我住在远方。= 'I live in some faraway place'. We don't need the classifier 一个 for 远方, it is a term for 'far away place(s)' in general.</p>

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<p>遥远的地方 vs. 远方</p>
<p>Are these two having the same meaning?</p>
<p>Like these sentences:</p>
<p>我住在一个遥远的地方。</p>
<p>我住在远方。</p>

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Are these two having the same meaning: 遥远的地方 vs. 远方
# Are these two having the same meaning: 遥远的地方 vs. 远方

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-26)

遥远的地方 vs. 远方

Are these two having the same meaning?

Like these sentences:

我住在一个遥远的地方。

我住在远方。

**Tags:** grammar, word-choice, vocabulary

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-26. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

* 远方 is more literary/ classical
* 遥远的地方 is more colloquial/ modern

我住在一个遥远的地方。= 'I live in a faraway place'

我住在远方。= 'I live in some faraway place'. We don't need the classifier 一个 for 远方, it is a term for 'far away place(s)' in general.


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