高高在上

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 288 (《詩經·周頌·敬之》):

敬之敬之，天維顯思，命不易哉。
無曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日監在茲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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敬之敬之，天维显思，命不易哉。
无曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日监在兹。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jìng zhī jìng zhī, tiān wéi xiǎn sī, mìng bù yì zāi.
Wú yuē gāo gāo zài shàng, zhì jiàng jué shì, rì jiān zài zī. [Pinyin]

Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties];
[The way of] Heaven is evident,
And its appointment is not easily [preserved].
Let me not say that It is high aloft above me.
It ascends and descends about our doings;
It daily inspects us wherever we are.

高高在上

1. (originally) high aloft; (now commonly) setting oneself high above the masses; not in touch with the common people or reality; aloof and remote