洋务运动 yáng wù yùn dòng

DEFINITIONS

  1. Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动

CHARACTERS

洋 yáng ocean, sea; foreign; western
务 wù affairs, business; must, should
运 yùn run; simplified form of 運 luck, fortune; ship, transport
动 dòng move, happen; movement, action