垂簾聽政

Simplified: 垂帘听政

chuíliántīngzhèng ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄓㄥˋ

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

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