Chang'an

Chang'an 2023

cháng'ān sānwàn

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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5.85 Advanced Director Xie Junwei, Zou Jing IMDb 7.5

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yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation HSK 6
miào clever; wonderful HSK 6
仿 彿 fǎng to seem; as if; alike; similar HSK 6
miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
yǒu rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with HSK 6
tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
fān Some HSK 6
shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
xiǎn danger; dangerous; rugged HSK 6
guān unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) HSK 6
fèn angry; indignant; wrath; ire HSK 6
jiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm HSK 6
zhǐ to stop; to prohibit; until; only HSK 6
méng drizzle; mist HSK 6
to bet; to gamble HSK 6
jīng essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) HSK 6
to protect HSK 6
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) HSK 6
gōng zhǔ princess HSK 6
dǎo dance (performance art); dancing HSK 6
jué to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means HSK 6
jūn shì military affairs; (attributive) military HSK 6
gōng public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) HSK 6
the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side HSK 6
jiāng jūn general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot HSK 6
jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
duān end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular HSK 6
néng fǒu whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? HSK 6
shì ceremony HSK 6
to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 HSK 6
Sāi Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 HSK 6
jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
wèi why HSK 6
xué huì to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association HSK 6
jūn duì armed forces; troops HSK 6
jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
yīng xióng hero HSK 6
mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
zài no more; no longer HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6