| 洋务运动 |
Yáng wù Yùn dòng |
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自强运动 |
| 洋 |
yáng |
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin |
| 洋务 |
yáng wù |
foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning |
| 务 |
wù |
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means |
| 运 |
yùn |
to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate |
| 运动 |
yùn dòng |
to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL:场 |
| 动 |
dòng |
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 动词, verb |