衙门 | yá men | government office in feudal China / yamen | |
辕 | yuán | shafts of cart / yamen | |
衙署 | yá shǔ | government office in feudal China / yamen | |
六扇门 | liù shàn mén | seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force | |
喝道 | hè dào | to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way | |
公差 | gōng chāi | official errand / bailiff in a yamen | |
衙役 | yá yì | bailiff of feudal yamen | |
差役 | chāi yì | forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen | |
衙 | yá | office / yamen 衙門|衙门 | |
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 | |
亚门 | yà mén | subdivision / subphylum (taxonomy) | |
亚们 | Yà men | Amon (son of Manasseh) |