北洋水師 běi yáng shuǐ shī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

北 běi
HSK 1
north; northern; northward
洋 yáng
HSK 4
ocean, sea; foreign; western
水 shuǐ
HSK 1
water, liquid, lotion, juice
師 shī teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops