Senses
垂帘/ 垂簾 to hold court from behind a screen
to rule from behind a screen, referring specifically to an empress or dowager presiding over court affairs on behalf of a young emperor; used in the phrase 垂帘听政
垂帘/ 垂簾 to hang a curtain
to lower a curtain; can also figuratively describe living a life of leisure or having no official business to attend to