- 口(mouth; door)
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)
He threatened to settle accounts after the harvest.
to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge
He likes to settle accounts after the fact.
lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)
He threatened to settle accounts after the harvest.
to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge
He likes to settle accounts after the fact.
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
Ancient calculation used bamboo sticks as a tool to count numbers.
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
Ancient calculation used bamboo sticks as a tool to count numbers.
lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)
lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)
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