- 衙门
- yámenyamen, government office in feudal China* * *goverment office in feudal China* * *yamun* * *yá menn. yamen, government offices* * *ya2 men5government office in feudal China, yamen* * *衙门yá menyamen, government office in feudal China:衙门化的经营方法 run industrial and commercial undertakings like government organs;衙门作风 bureaucratic style of work;衙门八字开, 有理无钱莫进来。 Although the yamen gate is open wide you still can't go in if you don't have the money.* * *衙門|衙门 [yá men] ► government office in feudal China ► yamen
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.