"高高在上" meaning in Chinese

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      "english": "Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties];\n[The way of] Heaven is evident,\nAnd its appointment is not easily [preserved].\nLet me not say that It is high aloft above me.\nIt ascends and descends about our doings;\nIt daily inspects us wherever we are.",
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      "roman": "Jìng zhī jìng zhī, tiān wéi xiǎn sī, mìng bù yì zāi.\nWú yuē gāo gāo zài shàng, zhì jiàng jué shì, rì jiān zài zī.",
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      "text": "敬之敬之，天維顯思，命不易哉。\n無曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日監在茲。",
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      "english": "Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties];\n[The way of] Heaven is evident,\nAnd its appointment is not easily [preserved].\nLet me not say that It is high aloft above me.\nIt ascends and descends about our doings;\nIt daily inspects us wherever we are.",
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      "roman": "Jìng zhī jìng zhī, tiān wéi xiǎn sī, mìng bù yì zāi.\nWú yuē gāo gāo zài shàng, zhì jiàng jué shì, rì jiān zài zī.",
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      "text": "敬之敬之，天维显思，命不易哉。\n无曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日监在兹。",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 288 (《詩經·周頌·敬之》)",
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      "zh-pron": "gāogāozàishàng"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄍㄠ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "gou¹ gou¹ zoi⁶ soeng⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "ko ko chāi siōng"
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      "zh-pron": "gaogaozàishàng"
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      "zh-pron": "kao¹-kao¹-tsai⁴-shang⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "gāu-gāu-dzài-shàng"
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        "Mandarin"
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        "Palladius"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "gou¹ gou¹ dzoi⁶ soeng⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "gou¹ gou¹ zoi⁶ sêng⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "ko ko chāi siōng"
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        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "ko ko tsāi siōng"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "zh-pron": "koy koy zai siong"
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      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/",
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        "Xiamen"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ko³³ ko³³ t͡sai⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁴¹/",
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        "Quanzhou"
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      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/",
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        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
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        "Kaohsiung"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/"
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      "ipa": "/kou̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² sœːŋ²²/"
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  "word": "高高在上"
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      "english": "Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties];\n[The way of] Heaven is evident,\nAnd its appointment is not easily [preserved].\nLet me not say that It is high aloft above me.\nIt ascends and descends about our doings;\nIt daily inspects us wherever we are.",
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      "roman": "Jìng zhī jìng zhī, tiān wéi xiǎn sī, mìng bù yì zāi.\nWú yuē gāo gāo zài shàng, zhì jiàng jué shì, rì jiān zài zī.",
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      "text": "敬之敬之，天維顯思，命不易哉。\n無曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日監在茲。",
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      "english": "Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties];\n[The way of] Heaven is evident,\nAnd its appointment is not easily [preserved].\nLet me not say that It is high aloft above me.\nIt ascends and descends about our doings;\nIt daily inspects us wherever we are.",
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      "text": "敬之敬之，天维显思，命不易哉。\n无曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日监在兹。",
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      "zh-pron": "gāogāozàishàng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄍㄠ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "gou¹ gou¹ zoi⁶ soeng⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "ko ko chāi siōng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "gāogāozàishàng"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "gaogaozàishàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kao¹-kao¹-tsai⁴-shang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gāu-gāu-dzài-shàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaugautzayshanq"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "гаогаоцзайшан"
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      "tags": [
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "gaogaoczajšan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "gōu gōu joih seuhng"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "gou¹ gou¹ dzoi⁶ soeng⁶"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "gou¹ gou¹ zoi⁶ sêng⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kou̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² sœːŋ²²/",
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      "zh-pron": "ko ko chāi siōng"
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      "tags": [
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        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "ko ko tsāi siōng"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koy koy zai siong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko³³ ko³³ t͡sai⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁴¹/",
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        "Quanzhou"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kou̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² sœːŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko³³ ko³³ t͡sai⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ⁴¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴ t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴ t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/"
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      "ipa": "/kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴ t͡sai³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/"
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