衙役
yá yì
Pinyin

Definition

衙役
 - 
yá yì
  1. bailiff of feudal yamen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

zhàn yì
  1. 1 military campaign
tuì yì
  1. 1 to retire from the military, sport etc
  2. 2 to demobilize
  3. 3 to decommission
  4. 4 retired from use
bīng yì
  1. 1 military service
nú yì
  1. 1 to enslave
  2. 2 slavery
chāi yì
  1. 1 forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)
  2. 2 bailiff of feudal yamen

Idioms (2)

毕其功于一役
bì qí gōng yú yī yì
  1. 1 to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
铁打的衙门,流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go