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  • emperor
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
  • child emperor
  • (fig.) spoiled child
  • spoiled boy
  • pampered only child
  • empress
  • refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705
  • The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] by Bernardo Bertolucci
Trad. 吃飯皇帝大
  • eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
Trad. 天高皇帝遠
  • lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
  • fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
Trad. 皇帝不急太監急
  • lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  • fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
Trad. 皇帝女兒不愁嫁
  • lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)
  • fig. highly sought after

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