垂簾聽政

lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

hanging screen or curtain

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow

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])

political / politics / government