九霄雲外

Chinese

highest heavens cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
trad. (九霄雲外) 九霄
simp. (九霄云外) 九霄

Pronunciation


Idiom

九霄雲外

  1. a high and faraway place
    早已九霄雲外 [MSC, trad.]
    早已九霄云外 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zǎoyǐ bǎ zhè shì pāo dào jiǔxiāoyúnwài qù le. [Pinyin]
    He had forgotten it completely.
    (literally, “He had long since thrown it to the highest heavens.”)