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天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
What 天高皇帝远 means
- lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
- fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
The characters in 天高皇帝远
- 天tiānday; sky; heaven
- 高gāohigh; tall; above average
- 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
- 帝dì(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
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