沈葆桢
Traditional form:
沈葆楨
Pinyin (reading):
Shěn Bǎozhēn
Definitions:
- Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂／船政学堂 ( Chuánzhèng Xuétáng) in 1866
Characters:
- 沈 - to sink, to submerge; addicted; surname
- 葆 - dense foliage; to cover, to conceal; to preserve
- 桢 - hardwood; posts, supports
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