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垂帘听政

chuí lián tīng zhèng

4-character word Traditional 垂簾聽政

What 垂帘听政 means

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

The characters in 垂帘听政

• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 帘liánflag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government

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