TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞
陛下
ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ · bìxià
noun — Your Majesty; His/Her Majesty (form of address for an emperor or monarch)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
陛the steps up to the throne (the imperial dais)bìthe 阜 mound radical; a rare char, almost only in this word
下below; beneath (上下)xià
陛下，臺階的陛，上下的下。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
臣子不敢直呼皇帝，只向臺階（陛）下（下）的侍從說話。
A subject dares not address the emperor, and speaks only to the attendants below (下) the throne-steps (陛).
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