"Yamen" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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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
衙门	yá men	yamen, government office in dynastic China
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	(biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy) / subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)
亚们	Yà men	Amon (son of Manasseh)
虎头牌	hǔ tóu pái	tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門\|衙门[ya2men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)