洋务学堂
Traditional form:
洋務學堂
Pinyin (reading):
yángwùxuétáng
Definitions:
- college of Western learning in late Qing
Characters:
- 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
- 务 - affairs, business; should; must
- 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
- 堂 - hall, large room; government office; cousins
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