垂簾

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	curtain
trad. (垂簾)		垂	簾
simp. (垂帘)		垂	帘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuílián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuílián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéilián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-lien²
    • Yale: chwéi-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweilian
    • Palladius: чуйлянь (čujljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

垂簾

1. (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.