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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| 深渊 深淵 | abyss | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 退后 退後 | to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions | |
| 区区 區區 | insignificant; trifling; merely | |
| 信使 信使 | messenger; courier | |
| 传给 傳給 | to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to | |
| 照看 照看 | to look after; to attend to; to have in care | |
| 朱 朱 | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | |
| 失 失 | lose; make mistake, neglect | |
| 有朝一日 有朝一日 | one day; sometime in the future | |
| 请教 請教 | to ask for guidance; to consult | |
| 故乡 故鄉 | home; homeland; native place | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 歌声 歌聲 | singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 必然 必然 | inevitable; certain; necessity | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 传来 傳來 | (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive | |
| 坚决 堅決 | firm; resolute; determined | |
| 早已 早已 | for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past | |
| 告别 告別 | to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to | |
| 整整 整整 | whole; full | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 迎接 迎接 | to welcome; to greet | |
| 文字 文字 | character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 据说 據說 | it is said that; reportedly | |
| 不论 不論 | whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss | |
| 从事 從事 | to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do | |
| 制度 制度 | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 至今 至今 | so far; to this day; until now | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 成就 成就 | accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about | |
| 各地 各地 | in all parts of (a country); various regions | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 称为 稱為 | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." | |
| 分别 分別 | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement |