"Yamen" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yá men government office in feudal China / yamen
 yuán shafts of cart / yamen
 yá shǔ government office in feudal China / yamen
 liù shàn mén seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force
 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
 gōng chāi official errand / bailiff in a yamen
 yá yì bailiff of feudal yamen
 chāi yì forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen
 yá office / yamen 衙門|衙门
 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
 yà mén subdivision / subphylum (taxonomy)
 Yà men Amon (son of Manasseh)
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