1 north

2 (classical) to be defeated

1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

2 Peking

3 PRC government

1 Hara (Japanese surname)

1 original

2 former

3 originally

4 formerly

5 at first

6 so, actually, as it turns out

1 cause

2 origin

3 root cause

4 reason

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

2 many twists and turns to a story

3 one thing after another

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

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