| 八 |
Bā guó Lián jūn | Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 |
| 八 |
bā | eight |
| 国 |
Guó | surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó | country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 国 |
Guó Lián | abbr. for 国际联盟, League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN |
| 联 |
lián | (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join / (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet |
| 联 |
lián jūn | allied armies |
| 军 |
jūn | (bound form) army / military |