[ wàiqī ] relatives of a king or emperor on the side of his mother or wife
Example Sentences:
1.
But it hasn ' t been paid enough attention to for a quite long time 西汉一朝最能体现外戚豪门内涵的是早期的吕氏、中期的霍氏、晚期的王氏三大家族。
2.
The clan of the consorts and the literati and officialdom fought bitterly against the practice and took relevant counter measures 外戚、士大夫针对宦官把持的这所监狱采取了争夺与反制措施。
3.
We think the emperors ' female - side relatives ' power - monopolizing was opposed by " women ' s commandments " , and it was created for woman of palace noble 我们认为《女诫》是为反对外戚专权，专为宫廷贵族妇女而作的。
