閉門天子
bì​mén​tiān​zǐ

narrow authority

  • created sense approved 闭门天子/閉門天子 · bì​mén​tiān​zǐ · narrow authority — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭门天子 / 閉門天子

    bì​mén​tiān​zǐ

    narrow authority

    (idiom) an emperor who rules behind closed doors; refers to a person whose authority is narrowly confined or whose power is purely nominal

    闭门 (literal) → 闭门/閉門 · bì​mén · to live in seclusion 天子 (literal) → 天子 · tiān​zǐ · emperor

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense