北洋軍閥
běi​yáng​jūn​fá

Northern Warlords

  • created sense approved 北洋军阀/北洋軍閥 · běi​yáng​jūn​fá · Northern Warlords — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    北洋军阀 / 北洋軍閥

    běi​yáng​jūn​fá

    Northern Warlords

    A group of military factions led by Yuan Shikai and his successors that controlled the Beijing government from 1912 to 1928, later splitting into the Zhili, Anhui, and Fengtian cliques after Yuan's death.

    北洋 (literal) → 北洋 · běi​yáng · Beiyang 军阀 (literal) → 军阀/軍閥 · jūn​fá · warlord

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