Word: 洋务 (yángwù) Traditional: 洋務 洋务 dictionary entry yángwù foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning Full dictionary entry for 洋务 Example sentences using 洋务 2 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 他们主张学洋务来自强。 Tāmen zhǔzhāng xué yángwù láizì qiáng. They advocated studying Western learning in order to strengthen the country. 他年轻时学洋务，懂外语。 Tā niánqīng shí xué yángwù, dǒng wàiyǔ. In his youth he studied Western learning and knew foreign languages.