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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Vocabulary
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| 笛 笛 | bamboo flute; whistle | |
| 青天 青天 | clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official) | |
| 圣 聖 | holy, sage | |
| 不敢当 不敢當 | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me | |
| 只见 只見 | to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) | |
| 池子 池子 | pond; bathhouse pool; dance floor of a ballroom; (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) | |
| 两岸 兩岸 | bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland | |
| 岸上 岸上 | ashore; on the riverbank | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 书法 書法 | calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship | |
| 公认 公認 | publicly known (to be); accepted (as) | |
| 单一 單一 | single; only; sole | |
| 辈 輩 | lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people | |
| 敲门 敲門 | to knock on a door | |
| 赠 贈 | to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) | |
| 无奈 無奈 | to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately | |
| 高大 高大 | tall; lofty; towering | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 不曾 不曾 | hasn't yet; hasn't ever | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 时常 時常 | often; frequently | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 斜 斜 | inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting | |
| 钓 釣 | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 加以 加以 | in addition; moreover; (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | |
| 逃走 逃走 | to escape; to flee; to run away | |
| 来信 來信 | incoming letter; to send us a letter | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 艰苦 艱苦 | difficult; hard; arduous | |
| 葡萄 葡萄 | grape | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 献 獻 | to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) | |
| 依旧 依舊 | as before; still | |
| 决不 決不 | not at all; simply (can) not | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 继承 繼承 | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc) |