王 座 wáng zuò throne 宝 座 bǎo zuò throne 大 宝 Dà bǎo (archaic) throne 祚 zuò blessing / the throne 继 承 jì chéng to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc) 复 位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 即 位 jí wèi to succeed to the throne / accession 宝 殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall 登 基 dēng jī to ascend the throne 在 位 zài wèi on the throne / reigning (monarch) 问 鼎 wèn dǐng to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc) 继 位 jì wèi to succeed to the throne 王 储 wáng chǔ crown prince / heir to throne 帝 位 dì wèi imperial throne 篡 位 cuàn wèi to seize the throne 储 君 chǔ jūn heir apparent to a throne 张 勋 zhāng xūn Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4] 金 銮 殿 jīn luán diàn throne room 登 极 dēng jí to ascend the throne 陛 bì the steps to the throne 逐 鹿 中 原 zhú lù zhōng yuán lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne 隋 炀 帝 Suí Yáng dì Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618 玄 武 门 之 变 Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 / killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 嗣 国 sì guó to accede to a throne 法 兰 西 斯 · 斐 迪 南 Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I 临 朝 lín cháo to hold a court audience / to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent) 骊 姬 之 乱 Lí Jī zhī Luàn Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1] 法 兰 西 斯 ・ 斐 迪 南 Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I 继 统 jì tǒng to succeed on the throne 法 兰 西 斯 · 斐 迪 南 Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I 龙 椅 lóng yǐ the Dragon Throne / the imperial throne 张 勋 复 辟 Zhāng Xūn Fù bì Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne 坐 龙 庭 zuò lóng tíng to be the reigning emperor / to ascend to the imperial throne