北洋水师

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

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

surname Shi

teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops

north / (classical) to be defeated

ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin

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

navy (in Qing times)