垂簾聽政 [ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄓㄥˋ; chui2 lian2 ting1 zheng4] lit. to govern from behind the curtain to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) ◄ ►