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  *北* | 北* | *北
north / (classical) to be defeated
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Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
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north / north side / northern part / to the north of
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north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
northern part
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the North Pole; the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
HSK 5
North Dakota, US state
Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店, Beijing
North Point district of Hong Kong
Beijing Forestry University
Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)
Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學|中国传媒大学
Arctic Circle
Gulf of Tonkin
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
Polaris / North Star
North America
north latitude
north Europe / Scandinavia
Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市, Heilongjiang
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)
northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan
Northern Mariana Islands
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
North Africa
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Beibei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
North Star / Polaris
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
Beijing Institute of Technology
(Tw, HK) North Korea
North America
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
polar bear
to go up north
Peking University
ibex
North Asia
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Northern Dynasties (386-581)
(Tw) Taipei (abbr. for 臺北市|台北市)
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Tropic of Cancer
(coll.) Taipei Railway Station (abbr. for 台北車站|台北车站) (Tw)
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
northern side / north
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
North Carolina, US state
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
Beihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
North Dakota, US state
North Carolina, US state
Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439)
Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
punitive expedition to the north
(astronomy) Big Dipper
Beipu or Peipu Township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls
Beijiang River
Beita District of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan
Hokkaidō, Japan
northern lights / aurora borealis
North Sea Fleet
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林市, Guangxi
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店 in 1921
Beipiao, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning
the north temperate zone
Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Bei'an, county-level city in Heihe 黑河市, Heilongjiang
Corona Borealis (constellation)
Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
North lake district / Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市, Hunan
the north frigid zone
Arctic ocean
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
North tower / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan
honewort / Cryptotaenia japonica
Beihai, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
northern extremity

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