洋务

Traditional form:

洋務

Pinyin (reading):

yángwù

Definitions:

• foreign affairs (in Qing times)
• foreign learning

Characters:

• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
• 务 - affairs, business; should; must

Traditional characters:

• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
• 務 - affairs, business; should; must