桂系军阀

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