| Another group who owed their existence in the Capital Region solely to the presence of the imperial court in Beijing were eunuchs. |
| In this case it will be interesting to see if the unions can act as anything more than the castrated eunuchs that they are. |
| A small number of eunuchs are hermaphrodites, possessing both male and female characteristics, or transvestites. |
| The House of Commons, inundated by a quota system guaranteed to promote mediocrity, had become a government harem populated by political eunuchs. |
| While the eunuchs danced, men held money over the heads of people they wanted to honour. |
| Only in the domestic sphere did they remain predominant, and the top of that pyramid was now occupied by the court eunuchs. |
