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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| 偌大 偌大 | so big; such a big | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 出师 出師 | to finish apprenticeship; to graduate; to send out troops (under a commander) | |
| 现下 現下 | now; at this moment | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 麾下 麾下 | troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general) | |
| 出错 出錯 | to make a mistake; error | |
| 一个半 一個半 | one and a half | |
| 后路 後路 | escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver | |
| 早前 早前 | previously | |
| 看上 看上 | to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for | |
| 大赦 大赦 | amnesty; general pardon | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 次第 次第 | order; sequence; one after another | |
| 花萼 花萼 | sepal | |
| 下行 下行 | (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel downstream; to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels; (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom | |
| 重水 重水 | heavy water (chemistry) | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 有用 有用 | useful | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 地上 地上 | on the ground; on the floor | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 右 右 | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up |