wàishè
relatives of the empress
外舍 wàishè
- relatives of the empress
- (literary) relatives of an empress or empress dowager on her mother's or father's side
- primary school
- (literary) an ancient term for a school for young children
- to stay out
- (literary) to stay overnight away from home; to lodge elsewhere
- outer school
- (literary) the lowest of the three levels of the Imperial Academy during the Song dynasty, from which students could promote to the 内舍 nèishè
- concubines
- (literary) an old term for wives and concubines, often used to contrast them as 'outsiders' compared to one's own brothers