高处不胜寒 gāochùbùshènghán it is lonely at the top Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 高处不胜寒 高處不勝寒 gāochùbùshènghán it is lonely at the top Originally meaning the cold at high altitudes is unbearable, this is now used to describe how a person with high status or unmatched skill often feels isolated because they have few peers or true friends Frequency Written text 0.650 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
高处不胜寒 高處不勝寒 gāochùbùshènghán it is lonely at the top Originally meaning the cold at high altitudes is unbearable, this is now used to describe how a person with high status or unmatched skill often feels isolated because they have few peers or true friends Frequency Written text 0.650 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
