| 北洋水师 |
Běi yáng shuǐ shī |
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan) |
| 北 |
běi |
north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 北洋 |
Běi yáng |
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong |
| 洋 |
yáng |
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 水师 |
shuǐ shī |
navy (in Qing times) |
| 师 |
Shī |
surname Shi |
| 师 |
shī |
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops |