衙役
yá yì
Pinyin
Definition
衙役
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- bailiff of feudal yamen
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
毕其功于一役
- 1 to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
铁打的衙门,流水的官
- 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
- 2 fig. government officials come and go