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): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tian gao huángdì yuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ kao¹ huang²-ti⁴ yüan³
  - Yale: tyān gāu hwáng-dì ywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian gau hwangdih yeuan
  - Palladius: тянь гао хуанди юань (tjanʹ gao xuandi juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

天高皇帝遠

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

Synonyms

山高皇帝遠／山高皇帝远 (shān gāo huángdì yuǎn)

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