山高皇帝远 shāngāohuángdìyuǎn beyond the reach of authority Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 山高皇帝远 山高皇帝遠 shāngāohuángdìyuǎn beyond the reach of authority Literally "the mountains are high and the emperor is far away"; used to describe a remote place that is beyond the reach of the central government or law. Frequency Written text 0.082 per million Cross-References Same as 天高皇帝远 tiāngāohuángdìyuǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
山高皇帝远 山高皇帝遠 shāngāohuángdìyuǎn beyond the reach of authority Literally "the mountains are high and the emperor is far away"; used to describe a remote place that is beyond the reach of the central government or law. Frequency Written text 0.082 per million Cross-References Same as 天高皇帝远 tiāngāohuángdìyuǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)