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山高皇帝遠

简山高皇帝远 · 繁山高皇帝遠

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsaan1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5

literally, the mountain is high, emperor far away, he cannot control. nowadays, it means far away and unreachable by the central government (management); it is difficult to get justice

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

saan11 · high levelgou11 · high levelwong44 · low fallingdai33 · mid leveljyun55 · low rising

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Same syllable, six tones

saan删saan1to delete 馓saan2散saan3to scatter 孱saan4weaklingsaan5—saan6—

gou高gou1high 稿gou2manuscript 告gou3to tellgou4—gou5—gou6—

wong汪wong1expanse of water 枉wong2to twistwong3—黄wong4yellow 往wong5旺wong6prosperous

dai䃅dai1A stone that can be used to make black dye 底dai2background 帝dai3emperordai4—dai5—弟dai6younger brother

jyun冤jyun1injustice 院jyun2courtyard 怨jyun3to blame 员jyun4person 远jyun5far 县jyun6county

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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山高皇帝遠远

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shan1 gao1 huang2 di4 yuan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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saan1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5

Cantonese word readings for 山高皇帝遠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(idiomatic) the law of the land is not enforced here; the central authorities fail to reach this area

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