Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	high; tall	emperor	far; distant; remote
trad. (天高皇帝遠)		天	高	皇帝	遠
simp. (天高皇帝远)		天	高	皇帝	远

Idiom

天高皇帝遠

1. describes remote areas beyond the control of a central government
   • 2000: anon, 咨询型法治与中国国情 (The control of information and China's national mood)

     傳統的中國是“一盤散沙”，名義上是“專制國家”，其實是個“天高皇帝遠”的“文化範疇”。

     Traditional China was a loose confederation. Nominally, it was an "autocratic state," but actually belonged to a "category of civilizations" whereby "remote areas were beyond the control of a central government."