高

拉高

lā gāo

to pull up

云贵高原

yún guì gāo yuán

Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan

这山望着那山高

zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo

lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position

临高

lín gāo

Lingao County, Hainan

过高

guò gāo

too high

道德高地

dào dé gāo dì

moral high ground

道高一尺，魔高一丈

dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng

(saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises

道高益安，势高益危

dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi

More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).

远走高飞

yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi

to go far

鄂尔多斯高原

è ěr duō sī gāo yuán

Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia

钻坚仰高

zuān jiān yǎng gāo

lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)

开高叉

kāi gāo chā

slit dress