天高皇帝遠

See also: 天高皇帝远

Chinese

day; sky; heaven high; tall emperor; the Emperor far; distant; remote
trad. (天高皇帝遠) 天 高 皇帝 遠
simp. (天高皇帝远) 天 高 皇帝 远
Literally: “Heaven is high and the emperor is far away.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ

Idiom

天高皇帝遠

  1. to be faraway from the central government and therefore beyond its control

Synonyms

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