马噶尔尼使团 mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán

DEFINITIONS

  1. the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793

CHARACTERS

马 mǎ horse; surname; KangXi radical 187
噶 gá used in transliterations
尔 ěr you; that, those; final particle
尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration
使 shǐ cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
团 tuán sphere, ball, circle; mass, lump