yá men
government office in feudal China
yamen
yá shǔ
government office in feudal China
yamen
liù shàn mén
seat of the government
yamen
(in wuxia stories) special police force
yà mén
subdivision
subphylum (taxonomy)
chā yì
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)
bailiff of feudal yamen
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
chāi yì
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)
bailiff of feudal yamen
gōng chāi
official errand
bailiff in a yamen
hè dào
(of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
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