天高聽卑
tiān​gāo​tīng​bēi

heaven is high but listens to the lowly

  • created reference approved 天高听卑/天高聽卑 → 天高听下/天高聽下 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天高听卑 / 天高聽卑 tiān​gāo​tīng​bēi

    天高听下 / 天高聽下 tiān​gāo​tīng​xià

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天高听卑/天高聽卑 · tiān​gāo​tīng​bēi · heaven is high but listens to the lowly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天高听卑 / 天高聽卑

    tiān​gāo​tīng​bēi

    heaven is high but listens to the lowly

    Heaven is high above yet hears the voices of the humble; used to praise a ruler's wisdom or willingness to listen to his people.

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 高 (literal) → 高 · gāo · high 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 卑 (literal) → 卑 · bēi · lowly

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense