backstage boss (/manager/supporter); behind-the-scenes backer ? 黔驢技窮。還是叫你們的~出來吧!(羅廣斌、楊益言《紅巖》193) So you’ve exhausted your bag of tricks.It’s about time you called out your boss from backstage!
后臺老板hou tai lao ban
backstage boss
后臺老板hòu tái lǎo bǎn
原指戲班的班主;現(xiàn)多指在幕后操縱、支持的人或集團。backage boss, backage supporter, wire-puller boss