衙
衙
yá
ㄧㄚˊ
- public office
- official residence
Words with 衙衙
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1. child of an official
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2. palace bodyguard
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1. yamen, government office in dynastic China
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1. the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
tiě dǎ de5 yá men5 , liú shuǐ de5 guān
ㄊㄧㄝˇㄉㄚˇ˙ㄉㄜㄧㄚˊ˙ㄇㄣ,ㄌㄧㄡˊㄕㄨㄟˇ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄢ
鐵打的衙門,流水的官
铁打的衙门,流水的官
Simplified
Traditional
铁打的衙门,流水的官
鐵打的衙門,流水的官
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Idiom
1. lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water
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2. fig. government officials come and go