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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| 绿树 綠樹 | trees; greenery | |
| 下酒 下酒 | to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink | |
| 象 象 | elephant; ivory; figure, image | |
| 千年 千年 | millennium | |
| 潦倒 潦倒 | down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated | |
| 全然 全然 | completely | |
| 妻 妻 | wife | |
| 脸面 臉面 | face | |
| 开船 開船 | to set sail | |
| 不当 不當 | unsuitable; improper; inappropriate | |
| 见长 見長 | to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: to be known for one's research) | |
| 才气 才氣 | talent (usually literary or artistic) | |
| 数月 數月 | several months | |
| 旅 旅 | trip, journey; travel; traveler | |
| 小河 小河 | creek; stream; brook | |
| 欲 慾 | desire, want, long for; intend | |
| 远房 遠房 | distantly related; a distant relative | |
| 生来 生來 | from birth; by one's nature | |
| 平地 平地 | to level the land; level ground; plain | |
| 身后 身後 | the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 生事 生事 | to make trouble | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 有道 有道 | to have attained the Way; (of a government or a ruler) enlightened; wise and just | |
| 借问 借問 | (honorific) May I ask? | |
| 头里 頭里 | in front; in advance of the field | |
| 华 華 | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | |
| 年长 年長 | senior | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 知会 知會 | to inform; to tell; to notify; notification | |
| 离去 離去 | to leave; to exit | |
| 小节 小節 | a minor matter; trivia; bar (music) | |
| 道别 道別 | to say goodbye; to bid farewell; to pay a farewell call | |
| 生擒 生擒 | to capture alive | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 新近 新近 | newly | |
| 白发 白髮 | white or gray hair | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 流星 流星 | meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer | |
| 道行 道行 | skills acquired through religious practice; (fig.) ability; skill; Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] | |
| 只怕 只怕 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | |
| 向西 向西 | westward | |
| 务 務 | affairs, business; must, should | |
| 正向 正向 | forward (direction); positive (thinking, mood, values etc) | |
| 向东 向東 | eastwards | |
| 楼船 樓船 | ship with several decks; turreted junk | |
| 万丈 萬丈 | lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep; lofty; bottomless | |
| 中段 中段 | middle section; middle period; middle area; mid- |