船政大臣

Minister of Navy during Qing times

variant of 船[chuan2]

boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

political / politics / government

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister

surname Chen

state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131