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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Běi dǒu xīng (astronomy) Big Dipper Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lín táo Lintao county in Dingxi, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jiāng hàn Jianghan district of Wuhan city, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhī zhāng He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 yóu Journey to the West (abbreviation) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
gōng son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
祿 Ān shān An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion ∼HSK 4
military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
líng age; years ∼HSK 4
stop, prevent; restrict; surname ∼HSK 4
Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
jīn tonight ∼HSK 4
bǎo fort, fortress; town, village ∼HSK 4
móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
fāng cái just now; then ∼HSK 4
shī 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 ∼HSK 4
jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate ∼HSK 4
shàng zhèn to go into battle ∼HSK 4
rub, scour, grind; friction ∼HSK 4
dull; vapid; colorless ∼HSK 4
dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout ∼HSK 4
here; this place ∼HSK 4
dìng rán certainly; of course ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
Fāng surname Fang ∼HSK 4
bào xiào render service to repay kindness ∼HSK 4
jiù at this point; thus; from then on ∼HSK 4
cái material, stuff; timber; talent ∼HSK 4
statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
zhào huàn to summon; to beckon; to call ∼HSK 4
jùn shǒu senior provincial official in imperial China ∼HSK 4
gamble, play games; wide, broad ∼HSK 4
yìng shì to take an exam; (of an education system) to be exam-oriented ∼HSK 4
Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4