guì xì jūn fá
Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
桂
guì
abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
系
xì
to connect
军
jūn
(bound form) army
阀
fá
powerful individual, family or group