国立西南联合大学 guó lì xī nán lián hé dà xué

DEFINITIONS

  1. National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile in Kunming 1937-1945)

CHARACTERS

国 guó nation, country, nation-state
立 lì stand; let stand; establish, set
西 xī west(ern); westward, occident
南 nán south; southern part; southward
联 lián connect, join; associate, ally
合 hé combine, unite, join; gather
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
学 xué learning, knowledge; school