1 north

2 (classical) to be defeated

1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

2 Peking

3 PRC government

1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea

1 at the present

2 now

1 to go up north

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)

2 fig. in a short period of time

3 overnight

1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence