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yamen, government office in dynastic China
bailiff of feudal yamen
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
official errand / bailiff in a yamen
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
government office in feudal China / yamen
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衙* | 衙* | *衙
office / yamen 衙門|衙门
Amon (son of Manasseh)
seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辕* | 辕* | *辕
shaft of a cart or carriage / (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门 during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen
(biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy); subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)


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