Chinese–English
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn · tian gao huang di yuan
Traditional 天高皇帝遠
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
- fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
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