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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| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) | |
| 儿童 兒童 | child | |
| 彻底 徹底 | thorough; thoroughly; complete | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 之一 之一 | one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 局 侷 | office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though |