1 north

2 (classical) to be defeated

1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

2 Peking

3 PRC government

1 nose

2 classifier: 个 gè

3 classifier: 只 zhī

1 to go up north

1 Beijing resident

2 Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)

1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)

2 to sing from the same hymn sheet

1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living

1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)

2 fig. a blessing in disguise

3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good