Chang'an 2023
长安三万里
A few years after the Anshi Rebellion, Tang dynasty military commander Gao Shi suffers a defeat in a battle threatening Chang'an. Trapped in the besieged city, he recalls his lifelong friendship with the acclaimed poet Li Bai.
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| 人尽皆知 人盡皆知 | known by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name | |
| 偏将 偏將 | deputy general | |
| 奉还 奉還 | to return with thanks; to give back (honorific) | |
| 有勇有谋 有勇有謀 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 勇: brave, courageous, fierce · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 谋: plan, scheme; strategem | |
| 主将 主將 | commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization) | |
| 速去 速去 | go quickly | |
| 刀下留人 刀下留人 | 刀: knife; old coin; measure · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down · 留: stop, halt; stay, detain, keep · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else | |
| 冤死 冤死 | to suffer an unjust death | |
| 安史之乱 安史之亂 | An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of and, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty | |
| 出征 出征 | to go into battle; to campaign (military) | |
| 何方 何方 | from where | |
| 歧路 歧路 | divergent path; (fig.) wrong path | |
| 残破 殘破 | broken; dilapidated | |
| 愤懑 憤懣 | depressed; resentful; discontented; indignant; perturbed | |
| 权贵 權貴 | influential officials; bigwigs | |
| 唯恐 唯恐 | for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐 | |
| 声名狼藉 聲名狼藉 | to have a bad reputation | |
| 速速 速速 | quickly | |
| 仰天 仰天 | to face upwards; to look up to the sky | |
| 飘然 飄然 | to float in the air; swiftly; nimbly; easy and relaxed | |
| 清风 清風 | cool breeze; fig. pure and honest | |
| 绝顶 絕頂 | (lit. and fig.) summit; peak; extremely; utterly | |
| 凡尘 凡塵 | mundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil | |
| 挽留 挽留 | to urge to stay; to detain | |
| 云端 雲端 | high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud | |
| 攻灭 攻滅 | to conquer; to defeat (militarily) | |
| 忌恨 忌恨 | hate (due to envy etc) | |
| 相逢 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across | |
| 诵经 誦經 | to chant the sutras | |
| 虚无 虛無 | nothingness | |
| 为师 為師 | as your teacher | |
| 漫天 漫天 | lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see | |
| 高堂 高堂 | main hall; honorific for one's parents (old) | |
| 青丝 青絲 | fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) | |
| 散尽 散盡 | to be totally dispersed (crowd) | |
| 倾耳 傾耳 | to prick up one's ear; to listen attentively | |
| 驰骋 馳騁 | to gallop; to rush headlong | |
| 体魄 體魄 | physique; build | |
| 霜雪 霜雪 | frost and snow; (fig.) snowy white (hair); adversity | |
| 易守难攻 易守難攻 | easily guarded, hard to attack | |
| 年之久 年之久 | period of... years | |
| 彷徨 彷徨 | to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver | |
| 游荡 遊蕩 | to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle | |
| 途经 途經 | to pass through; via; by way of | |
| 渡口 渡口 | ferry crossing | |
| 朽木 朽木 | rotten wood | |
| 把持 把持 | to control; to dominate; to monopolize | |
| 废人 廢人 | handicapped person; useless person | |
| 抗命 抗命 | against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal |