- 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. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
He likes to settle accounts after the fact.
fig. to settle scores at an opportune time
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
He likes to settle accounts after the fact.
fig. to settle scores at an opportune time
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 financial ledger (shells/money) records transactions that grow longer and longer over time.
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 financial ledger (shells/money) records transactions that grow longer and longer over time.
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
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