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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| 熏 熏 | to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume | |
| 延 延 | to prolong; to extend; to delay | |
| 赴 赴 | to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) | |
| 动静 動靜 | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness | |
| 授予 授予 | to award; to confer | |
| 何处 何處 | whence; where | |
| 出身 出身 | to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin | |
| 下场 下場 | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | |
| 才华 才華 | talent | |
| 嫌疑 嫌疑 | suspicion; to have suspicions | |
| 守护 守護 | to guard; to protect | |
| 效力 效力 | effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity) | |
| 无意 無意 | inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth) | |
| 眼下 眼下 | now; at present; subocular (medicine) | |
| 尽头 盡頭 | end; extremity; limit | |
| 幼稚 幼稚 | young; childish; puerile | |
| 有机 有機 | organic | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 庞大 龐大 | huge; enormous; tremendous | |
| 盼 盼 | to hope for; to long for; to expect | |
| 佩服 佩服 | to admire | |
| 邀 邀 | to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 召集 召集 | to convene; to gather | |
| 吓人 嚇人 | to scare; scary; frightening | |
| 无敌 無敵 | unequalled; without rival; a paragon | |
| 霜 霜 | frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 遗忘 遺忘 | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore | |
| 自称 自稱 | to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 扬 揚 | to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate | |
| 平民 平民 | ordinary people; commoner; civilian | |
| 不惜 不惜 | not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth) | |
| 隐瞒 隱瞞 | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth | |
| 投降 投降 | to surrender; surrender | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 但愿 但願 | if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) | |
| 相遇 相遇 | to meet; to encounter; to come across | |
| 陪伴 陪伴 | to accompany | |
| 钩 鉤 | to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 困境 困境 | predicament; plight | |
| 废 廢 | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 擅长 擅長 | to be good at; to be expert in | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather |