1 today

2 at the present

3 now

1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

2 Peking

3 PRC government

1 -ly

2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

1 address

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 region

2 regional (away from the central administration)

3 local

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly

2 a crushing defeat

3 beaten and in a hopeless position

1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)

2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders

1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success