天高皇帝遠 in Chinese

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tian gao huángdì yuǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻien¹ kao¹ huang²-ti⁴ yüan³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tyān gāu hwáng-dì ywǎn [Mandarin, Yale], tian gau hwangdih yeuan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тянь гао хуанди юань [Mandarin, Palladius], tjanʹ gao xuandi juanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: 天高皇帝远 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 天高皇帝遠

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  "literal_meaning": "Heaven is high and the emperor is far away.",
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      "zh-pron": "tian gau hwangdih yeuan"
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      "zh-pron": "тянь гао хуанди юань"
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      "zh-pron": "tjanʹ gao xuandi juanʹ"
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    }
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      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹ kao¹ huang²-ti⁴ yüan³"
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      "zh-pron": "тянь гао хуанди юань"
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      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"天高皇帝遠" meaning in Chinese

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