天高皇帝远
Traditional form:
天高皇帝遠
Pinyin (reading):
tiāngāohuángdìyuǎn
Definitions:
- lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
- fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
Characters:
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 皇 - royal, imperial; ruler, superior
- 帝 - supreme ruler, emperor; god
- 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
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