閥 fá

powerful and influential group

DEFINITIONS

  • powerful and influential group
  • powerful individual, family or group
  • clique
  • (loanword) valve

WORDS

北洋軍閥 běi yáng jūn fá the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
吸入閥 xī rù fá suction valve
奉系軍閥 fèng xì jūn fá Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
安全閥 ān quán fá safety valve
底閥 dǐ fá bottom valve; foot valve
桂系軍閥 guì xì jūn fá Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
汽閥 qì fá steam valve
皖系軍閥 wǎn xì jūn fá Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929
直係軍閥 zhí xì jūn fá the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
筒閥 tǒng fá a sleeve valve
節流閥 jié liú fá a throttle
財閥 cái fá plutocracy; monopolistic corporation, esp. prewar Japanese zaibatsu; Korean chaebol; plutocrat; tycoon; oligarch; financial magnate
軍閥 jūn fá military clique; junta; warlord
軍閥混戰 jūn fá hùn zhàn incessant fighting between warlords
門閥 mén fá rich and powerful family
閥芯 fá xīn valve stem
閥門 fá mén valve (mechanical)
頂閥 dǐng fá top valve; head valve
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