北洋水师 běi yáng shuǐ shī

DEFINITIONS

  1. north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)

CHARACTERS

北 běi north; northern; northward
洋 yáng ocean, sea; foreign; western
水 shuǐ water, liquid, lotion, juice
师 shī teacher, master, specialist