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Chinese
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to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach |
curtain
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| trad. (垂簾)
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垂
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簾
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| simp. (垂帘)
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垂
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帘
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Pronunciation
Verb
垂簾
- (literary, historical) to sit behind a curtain (and handle matters of state)
Usage notes
- A practice which allowed an empress or empress dowager to preside at court, without actually being seen by her subjects (which was forbidden). This would usually be done by the mother of a child emperor.
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