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衙門

government office in feudal China / yamen

Characters and words in 衙門

yá = y + a2

surname Ya

Add a new mnemonic for 衙 = 彳 + 吾

yá = y + a2

office / yamen 衙門|衙门

Add a new mnemonic for 衙 = 彳 + 吾

mén = m + (e)n2

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Add a new mnemonic for 门 =

Words with 衙門

總理衙門鐵打的衙門，流水的官

the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office

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lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go

Sentences with 衙門

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