衙门

衙門

yá men

Meanings

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yá men

1.yamen, government office in dynastic China

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Wiktionary

1.yamen
2.office; bureau

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Etymology

Originally written as 牙門／牙门 (yámén). See 衙 (yá) for more.

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Stroke order

Components

衙行吾

门㇔㇑㇆

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Characters

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Synonyms

公廳公厅官衙

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Related words

总理衙门 the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office 铁打的衙门，流水的官 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)