wai wu pu

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wai wu pu - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wai Wu Pu \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           superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office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.                            --J. Scott
                                                    Keltie.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]