臣妾
chén qiè
Pinyin
Definition
臣妾
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- (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)
- (archaic) male and female slaves
- subjects (of a ruler)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
乱臣贼子
- 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
- 2 general term for scoundrel
俯首称臣
- 1 to bow before (idiom)
- 2 to capitulate
宠妾灭妻
- 1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
- 2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
谋臣如雨
- 1 strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
谋臣武将
- 1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)