衙
yá
Meaning
office; yamen 衙門|衙门
Other reading: Yá
surname Ya
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衙门 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China衙内 yá nèi child of an official衙署 yá shǔ government office in feudal China衙役 yá yì bailiff of feudal yamen总理衙门 zǒng lǐ yá men the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office铁打的衙门，流水的官 tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water