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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jiàn to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend ∼HSK 5
fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
foreign things ∼HSK 5
jade green ∼HSK 5
weep, whimper; howl, twitter ∼HSK 5
circium, thistles; surname ∼HSK 5
xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
fast ∼HSK 5
Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
jìng narrow path; diameter; direct ∼HSK 5
pàn rebel; rebellion; rebellious ∼HSK 5
zi anthology; selected writing ∼HSK 5
bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
qiǎn send, dispatch; send off, exile ∼HSK 5
lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
yàn wild goose ∼HSK 5
shù forgive ∼HSK 5
shèng shì a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age ∼HSK 5
horse ∼HSK 5
tax; give; endow; army; diffuse ∼HSK 5
ài without inconvenience; unimpeded; unhindered; unobstructed; unfettered; unhampered ∼HSK 5
(dead) human remains ∼HSK 5
that, there, those ∼HSK 5
míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
break, destroy; broken, tattered ∼HSK 5
crane; Grus species (various) ∼HSK 5
way, road, path, journey; course ∼HSK 5
fork of road; branching off ∼HSK 5
qīng yǎn (to look) with a direct gaze; (fig.) respect; favor ∼HSK 5
zhì extremely ∼HSK 5
zhè a thorny tree; sugarcane ∼HSK 5
me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
suddenly, abruptly; neglect ∼HSK 5
miǎo endlessly long, boundless, vast ∼HSK 5
I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
tuo free and at ease; natural; unconstrained ∼HSK 5
yóu like, similar to, just like, as ∼HSK 5
Shǔ name of an ancient state ∼HSK 5
xiōng men brothers; comrades; men; brethren ∼HSK 5
zūn honored ∼HSK 5
Chí pool, pond; moat; cistern ∼HSK 5
(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
Yōng former or literary name for Nanning (in Guangxi) ∼HSK 5
book ∼HSK 5
wéi gōng to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb ∼HSK 5
hàn shì a matter for regret; sth that is a (great) pity ∼HSK 5