天高皇帝遠

See also: 天高皇帝远

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	high; tall	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

Etymology

Literally: Heaven is high (above, and the) emperor is far (away)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian gau hwangdih yeuan
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ y̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

天高皇帝遠

describes remote areas beyond the control of a central government
- 傳統的中國是 “一盤散沙 ”，名義上是 “專制國家 ”，其實是個 “天高皇帝遠”的 “文化範疇 ”。 [MSC, trad.]
  传统的中国是 “一盘散沙 ”，名义上是 “专制国家 ”，其实是个 “天高皇帝远”的 “文化范畴 ”。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2000: anon, 咨询型法治与中国国情 (The control of information and China's national mood)
  Chuántǒng de Zhōngguó shì “yīpánsànshā”, míngyì shàng shì “zhuānzhì guójiā”, qíshí shì ge “tiāngāohuángdìyuǎn” de “wénhuà fànchóu”. [Pinyin]
  Traditional China was a loose confederation. Nominally, it was an "autocratic state," but actually belonged to a "category of civilizations" whereby "remote areas were beyond the control of a central government."

See also

山高皇帝遠／山高皇帝远 (shān gāo huángdì yuǎn)

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