a woman usurping power or meddling in politics (literally: a hen crowing at dawn like a rooster)

在古代封建社会，女子干政常被斥为牝鸡牡鸣。

a situation where a woman dominates her husband or leads the household

虽然在现代这很常见，但在旧社会，妻子掌权常被讥笑为牝鸡牡鸣。