said of an empress

said of an empress

The Chinese idiom, Chu í Li á NT ī ngju é in pinyin, means that the empress of a woman helps the young master to attend the court. From notes of Yong'an.

The origin of Idioms

Xue Fucheng of the Qing Dynasty wrote "notes on Yong'an · historical data 1 · three traitors in Xianfeng ji'nian" that "the emperor was not in charge of the government because of his age, and it was difficult for him to step forward. The military and state affairs were very serious. I'd like to ask the Empress Dowager to hang the curtain and listen to the decision for the time being."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive to describe the empress's handling of state affairs.