"衙门" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yá men government office in feudal China / yamen
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 zǒng lǐ yá men the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
 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
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