山高皇帝遠

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Chinese

mountain; hill high; tall emperor; the Emperor far; distant; remote
trad. (山高皇帝遠) 皇帝
simp. (山高皇帝远) 皇帝
Literally: “the mountains are high, and the emperor is far away”.

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Idiom

山高皇帝遠

  1. the law of the land is not enforced here; the central authorities fail to reach this area

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