遠門近枝

near and distant relatives

near / close to / approximately

branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

to distance oneself from (classical)

(to go to) distant parts / faraway / a distant relative