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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞
太后 word · TOCFL 7 (est.)
太后 ＝ 太 ＋ 后
ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ · tàihòu
noun — empress dowager, the reigning emperor's mother

字源 FORM — what the parts do

太highest; senior-most (太太)tài
后sovereign; queen (皇后)hòu后 the ruler-glyph, distinct from 後 (separate character)
太后，太太的太，皇后的后。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

當過皇后（后）的人熬到了最上一輩（太），連皇帝都得喊她娘。
A woman who was once empress (后), now risen to the senior-most rank (太) — even the emperor calls her mother.
關 · Related
皇后huánghòuthe reigning empress — the same 后