北洋水师

北洋水师
Běiyángshuǐshī

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

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. noun

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

    • The Beiyang Fleet was a naval force established in the late Qing dynasty of China.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (person turning back; figure of person from behind)ASSOCIATIVE

Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.

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