to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray
trad. 高舉遠蹈
Also written 高舉遠蹈【gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo】
Characters in this word
4高
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surname Gao
- Pinyin
- Gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 681 of 2500
举
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variant of 舉|举[ju3]
- Pinyin
- jǔ
- Traditional
- 擧
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5083 of 2500
远
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far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc)
- Pinyin
- yuǎn
- Traditional
- 遠
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1115 of 2500
蹈
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to tread on, to trample, to stamp, to fulfill, Taiwan pr. [dao4]
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- 45777 of 2500