挟天子以令诸侯 xiétiānzǐyǐlìngzhūhóu to control the emperor to command the nobles Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挟天子以令诸侯 挾天子以令諸侯 xiétiānzǐyǐlìngzhūhóu to control the emperor to command the nobles (idiom) to hold the emperor hostage and command his vassals in his name; to use the name of a superior or a powerful person to order others around Frequency Written text 0.090 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
挟天子以令诸侯 挾天子以令諸侯 xiétiānzǐyǐlìngzhūhóu to control the emperor to command the nobles (idiom) to hold the emperor hostage and command his vassals in his name; to use the name of a superior or a powerful person to order others around Frequency Written text 0.090 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
