北洋水师
Traditional form:
北洋水師
Pinyin (reading):
Běiyángshuǐshī
Definitions:
- north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
Characters:
- 北 - north; northern; northward
- 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 师 - teacher, professional, master
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