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天高皇帝遠 (tin1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

天高皇帝遠 (tin1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5, tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn) — in remote areas, the king is too far away, it means the ruling does not reach to some places

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Usage

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 天下為公 (tin1 haa6 wai4 gung1) — the whole world as one community
• 天下烏鴉一般黑 (tin1 haa6 wu1 aa1 jat1 bun1 hak1) — bad people and bad things are more or less the same everywhere
• 天下無敵 (tin1 haa6 mou4 dik6) — Invincible
• 天下無雙 (tin1 haa6 mou4 soeng1) — only one in the world
• 天下無難事 (tin1 haa6 mou4 naan4 si6) — nothing is impossible; difficult in this world
• 天之驕子 (tin1 zi1 giu1 zi2) — noun; god's favored one; elite, privileged person

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