1 to cut down

2 to fell

3 to dispatch an expedition against

4 to attack

5 to boast

6 Taiwan pr. [fā]

1 north

2 (classical) to be defeated

1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

2 Peking

3 PRC government

1 surname Nan

1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏

2 capital of China at different historical periods

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo

2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

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

1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters