北洋

the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

north / (classical) to be defeated

ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin

the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911

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

Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords

north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution

the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)

north China army (esp. during the warlords period)