天高皇帝遠

1. • lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
2. • fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

Character by character

• 天(tiān)day
• 高(gāo)surname Gao
• 皇(huáng)surname Huang
• 帝(dì)emperor
• 遠(yuǎn)far