垂帘听政

垂
垂
帘
簾
听
聽
政
政
lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

Characters and words in 垂帘听政

垂
chuí = chu + ei2
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach
垂 = 壬 + 工 + 工 : The cat o' nine tails (壬) has been chasing Chantal Chicken (chu) all around the Eiffel Tower. In the kitchen (ei2) there is a weeping willow (垂, 垂柳) on which Chantal Chicken sits. Next to the willow, the cat o' nine tails is approaching. Both of them are holding a steel beam (工) in their hands to use as sword in their final encounter.
帘
lián = li + an2
flag used as a shop sign / variant of 簾|帘[lian2]
帘 = 巾 + 穴 : Li Qingzhao (li) is creating a new flag to be used by the anthill as a shop sign (帘). She's painting very beautiful cave paintings (穴) on a towel (巾) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The owner is skeptic about his anthill being a cave or not, but he likes the flag anyway.
帘
簾
lián = li + an2
hanging screen or curtain
帘 = 巾 + 穴 : Li Qingzhao (li) is creating a new flag to be used by the anthill as a shop sign (帘). She's painting very beautiful cave paintings (穴) on a towel (巾) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The owner is skeptic about his anthill being a cave or not, but he likes the flag anyway.
听
yǐn = y + (e)n3
smile (archaic)
听
聽
tìng = ti + (e)ng4
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
听
聽
ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
听 = 口 + 斤 : Mother Teresa (ti) is listening to the sound that is made when a barbell (斤) squashes a mandarin (口) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
政
zhèng = zh + (e)ng4
political / politics / government
政 = 攵 + 正 : As James II of England (zh) became a powerful politician (政) he used his power for many crazy laws. For example, he once ordered a stick figure (正) to tear down the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) using a sledgehammer (攵).

Words with 垂帘听政

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