created sense approved 清水衙门/清水衙門 · qīngshuǐyámen · poor institution — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
清水衙门 / 清水衙門
qīngshuǐyámen
poor institution
(metaphor) an organization or government office with very little funding, low benefits, or no opportunities for corruption; originally used for imperial offices that offered no chance for financial gain
qīngshuǐyámén
清水 (literal) → 清水 · qīngshuǐ · (bound form) pure 衙门 (literal) → 衙门/衙門 · yámen · government office
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created sense approved 清水衙门/清水衙門 · qīngshuǐyámen · Hanlin Academy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
清水衙门 / 清水衙門
qīngshuǐyámen
Hanlin Academy
the Hanlin Academy in imperial China, an institution of high scholarly prestige but little financial benefit
qīngshuǐyámén
清水 (literal) → 清水 · qīngshuǐ · (bound form) pure 衙门 (literal) → 衙门/衙門 · yámen · government office
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition