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虎頭牌 虎头牌 [[hu3tou2pai2]] /tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门[ya2men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)/ 698 2
鐵打的衙門,流水的官 铁打的衙门,流水的官 [tie3 da3 de5 ya2 men5 , liu2 shui3 de5 guan1] /lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)/fig. government officials come and go/ 3830 1
[[Ya2]] /surname Ya/ 948 2
[ya2] /office/yamen 衙門|衙门/ 5792 1
衙內 衙内 [ya2 nei4] /child of an official/palace bodyguard/ 5767 1
衙署 衙署 [ya2 shu3] /government office in feudal China/yamen/ 6397 1
衙役 衙役 [ya2 yi4] /bailiff of feudal yamen/ 4682 1
衙門 衙门 [[ya2men5]] /yamen, government office in dynastic China/ 698 2
總理衙門 总理衙门 [zong3 li3 ya2 men5] /the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office/ 7070 1

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