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铁打的衙门，流水的官

tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān

10-character word Traditional 鐵打的衙門，流水的官

What 铁打的衙门，流水的官 means

1. lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
2. fig. government officials come and go

The characters in 铁打的衙门，流水的官

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 衙yáoffice; yamen 衙门
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official