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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| 约定 約定 | 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 | |
| 妙 妙 | clever; wonderful | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 富有 富有 | rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 险 險 | danger; dangerous; rugged | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 愤怒 憤怒 | angry; indignant; wrath; ire | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 精 精 | essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 公主 公主 | princess | |
| 舞蹈 舞蹈 | dance (performance art); dancing | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 军事 軍事 | military affairs; (attributive) military | |
| 公 公 | 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) | |
| 侧 側 | the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 能否 能否 | whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 搭 搭 | 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 | |
| 塞 塞 | Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 解 解 | 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 | |
| 州 州 | prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 股 股 | 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 | |
| 服 服 | 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 | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards |