兒臣
See also: 儿臣
Chinese
son; child; diminutive suffix | statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official | ||
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trad. (兒臣) | 兒 | 臣 | |
simp. (儿臣) | 儿 | 臣 | |
Literally: “child and subject”. |
Pronunciation
Pronoun
兒臣
- (archaic) a first person pronoun employed by a male sovereign when speaking to an empress mother, queen mother, empress dowager, queen dowager, or the like
- 兒臣懇請皇太后垂簾聽政,以安天下人心。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
- Érchén kěnqǐng huángtàihòu chuíliántīngzhèng, yǐ ān tiānxià rénxīn. [Pinyin]
- I earnestly beg Empress Dowager to rule the empire from behind the curtain, so as to pacify public sentiment throughout this realm under heaven.
儿臣恳请皇太后垂帘听政,以安天下人心。 [MSC, simp.]