天高皇帝遠 — tian1 gao1 huang2 di4 yuan3 — Chinese Dictionary

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天

高

皇

帝

遠

天

高

皇

帝

遠

Definitions5 characters

tian¹ gao¹ huang² di⁴ yuan³

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)/fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

天

高

皇

帝

遠

As word

1

tian¹

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)/fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

2

gao¹

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)/fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

3

huang²

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)/fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

4

di⁴

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)/fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

5

yuan³

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)/fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government