Chang'an

Chang'an 2023

cháng'ān sānwàn

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

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liú homeless and miserable; forced to leave home and wander from place to place; to live as a refugee ∼HSK 2
xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
dǒng to read and understand ∼HSK 2
Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
tài Not too HSK 2
qián nián the year before last HSK 2
zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
zi sentence HSK 2
qǐng to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner HSK 2
qíng clear; fine (weather) HSK 2
lǎo péng you old friend; (slang) period; menstruation HSK 2
西 西 běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) HSK 2
shǒu to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal) HSK 2
yuàn zi courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant HSK 2
Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
dōng fāng east HSK 2
rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
pái duì to line up HSK 2
píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
shào nián early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man HSK 2
xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
huā yuán garden HSK 2
yún (classical) to say HSK 2
亿 100 million HSK 2
shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
dào to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to HSK 2
hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
绿 green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) HSK 2
cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
wén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at HSK 2
zhǔ rén master; host; owner HSK 2
dào road; path; way HSK 2
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed HSK 2
liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
river HSK 2
to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
shàng that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. HSK 2
gāo zhōng senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 HSK 2