'Wai Wu Pu' definitions:

Definition of 'Wai Wu Pu'

From: GCIDE
  • 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  • The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a decree of January 19, 1861, was in July, 1902, superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office called the Wai Wu Pu, .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.]