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新軍

简新军 · 繁新軍

Mandarin · pinyin Xīn jūn

New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
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军: jūn · army, military; soldiers, troops

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1–1 · Xin1 jun1

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noun

(military) new army; fresh troops
(figurative) new activist; new force

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