"衙门" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 衙门 | yá men | government office in feudal China / yamen |   | |
Approximate Results for 衙门 | ||||
| 总理衙门 | zǒng lǐ yá men | the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office | | |
| 铁打的衙门，流水的官 | tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān | lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go | | |
