桂系軍閥

Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930

surname Gui / abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

cassia / laurel

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