Chang'an

Chang'an 2023

长安三万里 cháng'ān sānwànlǐ

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

Cast

Yang Tianxiang Yang Tianxiang Gao Shi (voice) Ling Zhenhe Ling Zhenhe Li Bai (voice) Junquan Wu Junquan Wu Gao Shi (old) (voice) Xuan Xiaoming Xuan Xiaoming Li Bai (old) (voice) Lu Lifeng Lu Lifeng Cheng Jianjun (voice) Sun Lulu Sun Lulu Du Fu (voice) Liu Xiaoyu Liu Xiaoyu Du Fu (young) / Li Bai Zong (voice) Lu Xiran Lu Xiran Gao Shi Shu Tong / Gao Shi (young) (voice) Li Shimeng Li Shimeng Pei Shi'er (voice) Hu Yajie Hu Yajie Ge Shuan (voice)

Vocabulary

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所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey; a long and difficult road Idiom ∼HSK 2
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 2
半身不遂 半身不遂 bàn shēn bù suí paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia Idiom ∼HSK 2
行不通 行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work; will get (you) nowhere Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难当 難當 nán dāng hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
好气 好氣 hǎo qì (coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative); angry (usu. used in combination with) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
黄鹤楼 黃鶴樓 Huáng hè Lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao, with theme 'the past will never return'; on Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
渤海 渤海 Bó Hǎi Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黄河 黃河 Huáng Hé Yellow River or Huang He Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大名 大名 Dà míng Daming county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
孟浩然 孟浩然 Mèng Hào rán Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大发 大發 Dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北海 北海 Běi Hǎi North Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal, Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成都 成都 Chéng dū Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云和 雲和 Yún hé Yunhe county in Lishui, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
长平 長平 Cháng píng Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
白云 白雲 Bái yún Baiyun District of Guiyang City, Guizhou; Baiyun District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
河东 河東 Hé dōng Hedong district of Linyi city, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
身手 身手 shēn shǒu skill; talent; agility ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
边关 邊關 biān guān border station; strategic defensive position on frontier ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
得道 得道 dé dào to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
流放 流放 liú fàng to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
长进 長進 zhǎng jìn to make progress; progress ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2