小しょう皇こう帝てい

noun

little emperor; spoilt only child

Refers to a pampered only child, originally in the context of China's one-child policy, but now used more broadly for any overindulged child.

• 一人ひとりっ子こ政せい策さくの結けっ果か、中ちゅう国ごくでは「小しょう皇こう帝てい」と呼よばれる子こ供どもたちが増ふえた。

  As a result of the one-child policy, the number of children called 'little emperors' increased in China.

• あの子こは祖そ父ふ母ぼに甘あまやかされて、まるで小しょう皇こう帝ていだ。

  That child is spoiled by his grandparents and acts like a little emperor.