衙门 (衙門)
yá men
Pinyin

Definition

衙门 (衙門)
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yá men
  1. government office in feudal China
  2. yamen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

衙门
yá men
  1. 1 government office in feudal China
  2. 2 yamen
衙内
yá nèi
  1. 1 child of an official
  2. 2 palace bodyguard
衙役
yá yì
  1. 1 bailiff of feudal yamen
衙署
yá shǔ
  1. 1 government office in feudal China
  2. 2 yamen

Idioms (1)

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