Taiwan Mandarin

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衙門

yá mén·ㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄣˊ

“yamen; government office in dynastic China; a magistrate's office or court in imperial times.”

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Ancient government office or official residence; surname; arranged in rows; (archaic) imperial front hall.

Door; gate; entrance; opening; family; lineage; school of thought; sect; key point; method; classifier for courses or fields of study.