挾天子以令諸侯 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 挟天子以令诸侯 xiétiānzǐyǐlìngzhūhóu ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊ hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals expr. Character by character 挾(xié)clasp under the arm 天(tiān)day 子(zǐ)son 以(yǐ)use 令(lìng)order 諸(zhū)surname Zhu 侯(hóu)surname Hou A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0