奉系军阀

Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)

to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)

Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)

to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)

system / department / faculty

to tie / to fasten / to button up

to connect / to arrest / to worry

(bound form) army / military

military clique / junta / warlord

powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve