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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| 有问必答 有問必答 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 问: ask about, inquire after · 必: surely, most certainly; must · 答: answer, reply; return; assent to | |
| 三族 三族 | (old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) | |
| 都护 都護 | (old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march | |
| 蝌蚪 蝌蚪 | tadpole | |
| 下葬 下葬 | to bury; to inter | |
| 斗笠 斗笠 | conical bamboo hat | |
| 侠客 俠客 | chivalrous person; knight-errant | |
| 相救 相救 | rescue | |
| 盗贼 盜賊 | robber | |
| 休要 休要 | do not | |
| 难辞其咎 難辭其咎 | cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame | |
| 安葬 安葬 | to bury (the dead) | |
| 原居 原居 | indigenous | |
| 诸侯 諸侯 | dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers | |
| 识破 識破 | to penetrate; to see through | |
| 良人 良人 | husband (arch.) | |
| 异乡 異鄉 | foreign land; a place far from home | |
| 朝露 朝露 | morning dew; fig. precarious brevity of human life; ephemeral | |
| 转瞬即逝 轉瞬即逝 | (idiom) fleeting; transitory | |
| 怪力乱神 怪力亂神 | 怪: strange, unusual, peculiar · 力: power, capability, influence · 乱: confusion, state of chaos, revolt · 神: spirit, god, supernatural being | |
| 功成名遂 功成名遂 | 功: achievement, merit, good result · 成: completed, finished, fixed · 名: name, rank, title, position · 遂: comply with, follow along; thereupon | |
| 贤才 賢才 | a genius; a talented person | |
| 文士 文士 | literati; scholar | |
| 解职 解職 | to dismiss from office; to discharge; to sack | |
| 卖命 賣命 | to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) | |
| 一般见识 一般見識 | (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level | |
| 以求 以求 | in order to | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 璀璨 璀璨 | bright; resplendent | |
| 由来已久 由來已久 | 由: cause, reason; from · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 已: already; finished; stop · 久: long time (ago); time passage, grow late | |
| 空余 空餘 | free; vacant; unoccupied | |
| 萋萋 萋萋 | luxuriant; lavish; abundant | |
| 鹦鹉 鸚鵡 | parrot | |
| 烟波 煙波 | mist covered water | |
| 俊秀 俊秀 | well-favored; elegant; pretty | |
| 扬眉 揚眉 | to raise eyebrows | |
| 殿试 殿試 | court examination, the top grade imperial exam | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish | |
| 一党 一黨 | one-party (state) | |
| 担待 擔待 | to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility | |
| 满堂彩 滿堂彩 | everyone present applauds; universal acclaim; a standing ovation; to bring the house down | |
| 自求多福 自求多福 | 自: self, private, personal; from · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech · 多: much, many; more than, over · 福: happiness, good fortune, blessing | |
| 飘香 飄香 | (of a fragrance) to waft about; (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well | |
| 诋毁 詆毀 | to vilify; to slander; vilification | |
| 一袭 一襲 | an outfit of (clothing) | |
| 仰慕 仰慕 | to admire | |
| 识得 識得 | to know | |
| 采摘 採摘 | to pluck; to pick | |
| 故里 故里 | home town; native place | |
| 一年一度 一年一度 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 一: one; a, an; alone · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider |