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wai wu pu
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wai wu pu, [Chinese wai foreign + wu affairs + pu office.].
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.
"The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a decree of January 19, 1861, was in July, 1902, superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office called the Wai Wu Pu, . . . with precedence before all other boards." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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wai wu pu
Deputy
N deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary, regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar, premier, chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul, viceroy, commissioner, Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu, plenipotentiary, alter ego, team, eight, eleven, champion, acting, vice, vice regal, accredited to, in behalf of.For further exploring for "wai wu pu" in Webster Dictionary Online