1 government

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 politics

2 political

1 policy

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 to hold power

2 in office

1 ruler

1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

1 honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)

1 lit. to govern from behind the curtain

2 to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

1 to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom)

2 to give someone a hold on oneself

1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people