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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| 相思 相思 | to yearn; to pine | |
| 光阴 光陰 | time available | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 真传 真傳 | authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques | |
| 输给 輸給 | to lose to (sb); to be outdone by | |
| 马步 馬步 | (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 随性 隨性 | casual; laid-back; doing as one pleases | |
| 病死 病死 | to fall ill and die; to die of illness | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 赶出 趕出 | to drive away | |
| 死去 死去 | to die | |
| 生儿育女 生兒育女 | to bear and raise children | |
| 转去 轉去 | to return; to go back | |
| 碧空 碧空 | a clear blue sky | |
| 诸 諸 | various, all, these; surname | |
| 支前 支前 | to support the front (military) | |
| 快退 快退 | fast-rewind (media player) | |
| 久留 久留 | to stay for a long time | |
| 半死 半死 | half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb | |
| 千古 千古 | for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) | |
| 周游 周遊 | to travel around; to tour; to cross | |
| 布衣 布衣 | plain cotton clothing; (literary) the common people | |
| 一员 一員 | a member (of an organization) | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 一并 一並 | variant of | |
| 流连 流連 | to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 心急 心急 | anxious; impatient | |
| 赶来 趕來 | to rush over | |
| 几时 幾時 | at what time?; when? | |
| 鼻 鼻 | nose; first; KangXi radical 209 | |
| 久别 久別 | a long period of separation | |
| 开心颜 開心顏 | to rejoice; smiling | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 领受 領受 | to accept; to receive | |
| 登上 登上 | to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 在世 在世 | to be alive | |
| 死者 死者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 死伤 死傷 | casualties; dead and injured | |
| 相国 相國 | prime minister (in ancient China) | |
| 上马 上馬 | to get on a horse; to mount | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 将领 將領 | high-ranking military officer | |
| 新任 新任 | newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office) | |
| 传檄 傳檄 | to circulate (a protest or call to arms); to promulgate | |
| 乱世 亂世 | the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world |