臨朝 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 临朝 líncháo ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄠˊ to hold a court audience to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent) Character by character 臨(lín)face 朝(cháo)imperial or royal court A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0