挟天子以令诸侯
Traditional form:
挾天子以令諸侯
Pinyin (reading):
xiétiānzǐyǐlìngzhūhóu
Definitions:
- (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
Characters:
- 挟 - to seize; to hold to one's bosom
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
- 诸 - all, many, various; surname
- 侯 - marquis, lord; target in archery
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