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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| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 赘婿 贅婿 | son-in-law living at wife's parent's house | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 捷径 捷徑 | shortcut | |
| 探花 探花 | candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf.); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet | |
| 幕府 幕府 | (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer; administration of a military government; (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun | |
| 边塞 邊塞 | frontier fortress | |
| 裁缝店 裁縫店 | tailor's shop | |
| 足下 足下 | you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot | |
| 酒肆 酒肆 | wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub | |
| 琵琶 琵琶 | pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard | |
| 皈依 皈依 | to convert to (a religion) | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 功业 功業 | achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed | |
| 适才 適才 | just now (literary) | |
| 谢罪 謝罪 | to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault | |
| 绝妙 絕妙 | exquisite | |
| 素有 素有 | to have; to have always had | |
| 赏识 賞識 | to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation | |
| 庸人 庸人 | mediocre person | |
| 何事 何事 | what matter | |
| 蠢材 蠢材 | idiot | |
| 锦绣 錦繡 | beautiful | |
| 张皇 張皇 | alarmed; flustered | |
| 京兆 京兆 | capital of a country | |
| 琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 | (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person | |
| 郎君 郎君 | young gentleman, husband | |
| 舞剑 舞劍 | to perform a sword-dance | |
| 抚慰 撫慰 | to console; to comfort; to soothe | |
| 尽欢 盡歡 | to thoroughly enjoy oneself | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 列祖列宗 列祖列宗 | 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan | |
| 凶险 兇險 | dangerous; ruthless; treacherous | |
| 袍子 袍子 | Chinese-style gown | |
| 先皇 先皇 | emperor of a former dynasty | |
| 谪仙 謫仙 | a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai; (fig.) banished official | |
| 仙人 仙人 | Daoist immortal; celestial being | |
| 奔流 奔流 | to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current | |
| 逆旅 逆旅 | guest-house; inn | |
| 拂晓 拂曉 | daybreak; approach of dawn | |
| 旧情 舊情 | old affection | |
| 精兵 精兵 | elite troops | |
| 重蹈 重蹈 | (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) | |
| 覆辙 覆轍 | the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past | |
| 捣衣 搗衣 | to launder clothes by pounding | |
| 长安少年 長安少年 | 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 安: peaceful, tranquil, quiet · 少: few, less, inadequate | |
| 游侠 遊俠 | knight-errant | |
| 苍苍 蒼蒼 | ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing | |
| 星辰 星辰 | stars | |
| 验明 驗明 | to ascertain; to identify; to verify (sb's identity etc) |