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洋务运动

Yáng wù Yùn dòng

4-character word Traditional 洋務運動

What 洋务运动 means

1. Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自强运动

The characters in 洋务运动

• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 务wùaffair; business; matter
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

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