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衙yá
  • surname Ya
🖌️ 衙 Strokes
衙yá
  • office
  • yamen 衙門|衙门
🖌️ 衙 Strokes
衙yá内nèi
Trad. 衙內
  • child of an official
  • palace bodyguard
🖌️ 衙 Strokes 🖌️ 内 Strokes
衙yá役yì
  • bailiff of feudal yamen
🖌️ 衙 Strokes 🖌️ 役 Strokes
衙yá署shǔ
  • government office in feudal China
  • yamen
🖌️ 衙 Strokes 🖌️ 署 Strokes
衙yá门men
Trad. 衙門
  • yamen, government office in dynastic China
🖌️ 衙 Strokes 🖌️ 门 Strokes
总zǒng理lǐ衙yá门men
Trad. 總理衙門
  • the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
🖌️ 总 Strokes 🖌️ 理 Strokes 🖌️ 衙 Strokes 🖌️ 门 Strokes
铁tiě打dǎ的de衙yá门men，流líu水shuǐ的de官guān
Trad. 鐵打的衙門，流水的官
  • lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  • fig. government officials come and go
🖌️ 铁 Strokes 🖌️ 打 Strokes 🖌️ 的 Strokes 🖌️ 衙 Strokes 🖌️ 门 Strokes 🖌️ 流 Strokes 🖌️ 水 Strokes 🖌️ 的 Strokes 🖌️ 官 Strokes

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