The Chinese word 远程 (yuǎnchéng) is a compound word formed through semantic combination, where each character contributes a key meaning to create a new, unified concept. The first character, 远 (yuǎn), means "far" or "distant", describing spatial or figurative distance. The second character, 程 (chéng), originally means "journey", "course", or "distance", and by extension refers to a span or range. When combined, they literally mean "long/distant journey" or "long distance", and in modern usage, this has been abstracted to function as an adjective or noun meaning "remote" or "long-range", most commonly used in technological contexts like 远程控制 (remote control) or 远程教育 (distance education).