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北洋水师
Běi yáng shuǐ shī
What 北洋水师 means
- north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
The characters in 北洋水师
- 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
- 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
- 师shīteacher; master; expert
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