北大荒

the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)

north / (classical) to be defeated

Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect