Entry
铁tiě打dǎ的de衙yá门men，,流liú水shuǐ的de官guān

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

    trad. 鐵打的衙門，流水的官

Also written 鐵打的衙門，流水的官【tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān】

Characters in this word

8
的
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"), also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

Pinyin
de
Strokes
8
Frequency
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