The sky is high and the earth is low(tiān gāo dì xià)

The sky is high and the earth is low

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ti à ng à OD à Xi à, which means one is to compare the difference between the superior and the inferior, and the other is to compare various situations. From the book of rites, music.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, Yue Ji: "the heaven is high and the earth is low, and all things are scattered, but the rites are practiced." Kong yingdashu said: "because of the difference between heaven and earth, there are differences between the superior and the inferior."

Idiom usage

When Yang Hua was on the grass slope, he turned over and snored like thunder. Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : tiān gāo dì xià