1 north

2 (classical) to be defeated

1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

2 Peking

3 PRC government

1 to die

2 death

1 to sculpt

2 to carve

3 musical instrument (old)

1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly

2 to seek after

3 to woo

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal

2 fugitive

1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)

2 fig. to act belatedly

3 better late than never

4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted