天高皇帝遠 [－－－－远]

Jyutping tin1 gou1 wong4 dai6 jyun4
Pinyin tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

天高皇帝遠 [－－－－远]

Jyutping tin1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5
Pinyin tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
  2. fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. in remote areas, the king is too far away, it means the ruling does not reach to some places
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be faraway from the central government and therefore beyond its control
    (syn.) 山高皇帝遠, 山高皇帝远