北洋水师

běi yáng shuǐ shī

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Definitions

  1. 1. north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)

Child Words of 北洋水师

北
běi

north

水
shuǐ

water

洋
yáng

ocean

北洋
běi yáng

the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

师
shī

teacher

水师
shuǐ shī

navy (in Qing times)