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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| 北斗七星 北斗七星 | (astronomy) Big Dipper | Proper Noun |
| 临洮 臨洮 | Lintao county in Dingxi, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 江汉 江漢 | Jianghan district of Wuhan city, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 贺知章 賀知章 | He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet | Proper Noun |
| 西游 西遊 | Journey to the West (abbreviation) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 适 適 | go, reach; appropriate, suitable | |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 永 永 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | |
| 安禄山 安祿山 | An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 龄 齡 | age; years | |
| 杜 杜 | stop, prevent; restrict; surname | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 姬 姬 | beauty; imperial concubine | |
| 击 擊 | strike, hit, beat; attack, fight | |
| 贺 賀 | congratulate; send present | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 今夜 今夜 | tonight | |
| 堡 堡 | fort, fortress; town, village | |
| 谋 謀 | plan, scheme; strategem | |
| 方才 方才 | just now; then | |
| 题诗 題詩 | to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy; an inscribed poem | |
| 进士 進士 | successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate | |
| 上阵 上陣 | to go into battle | |
| 摩 摩 | rub, scour, grind; friction | |
| 无趣 無趣 | dull; vapid; colorless | |
| 丹 丹 | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) | |
| 川 川 | stream, river; flow; boil | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 四方 四方 | four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere | |
| 氏 氏 | clan, family; mister | |
| 呼 呼 | breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout | |
| 此地 此地 | here; this place | |
| 定然 定然 | certainly; of course | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 坊 坊 | surname Fang | |
| 报效 報效 | render service to repay kindness | |
| 就此 就此 | at this point; thus; from then on | |
| 材 材 | material, stuff; timber; talent | |
| 律 律 | statute, principle, regulation | |
| 御 御 | drive, ride; chariot; manage | |
| 召唤 召喚 | to summon; to beckon; to call | |
| 郡守 郡守 | senior provincial official in imperial China | |
| 博 博 | gamble, play games; wide, broad | |
| 应试 應試 | to take an exam; (of an education system) to be exam-oriented | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband |