铁打的衙门，流水的官
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Definitions
- 1. lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
- 2. fig. government officials come and go
Child Words of 铁打的衙门，流水的官
government official
dozen (loanword)
to beat
water
to flow
running water
of; ~'s (possessive particle)
see 的士[dī shì]
really and truly
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
iron (metal)
(coll.) to take a taxi
office
government office in feudal China
made of iron
gate