chuí lián tīng zhèng

Traditional: 垂簾聽政

垂帘听政 (chuí lián tīng zhèng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to govern from behind the curtain
  2. 2to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

Characters in 垂帘听政

垂chuí · to hang (down)帘lián · flag used as a shop sign听yǐn · smile (archaic)政zhèng · political

Related words

听smile (archaic)听to listen to; to hear听说to hear (sth said)听到to hear政府government听见to hear政治politics政策policy听话to do what one is told好听pleasant to hear听证会(legislative) hearing倾听to listen attentively

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