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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yǒu wèn 有: have, own, possess; exist · 问: ask about, inquire after · 必: surely, most certainly; must · 答: answer, reply; return; assent to ∼HSK 6
sān (old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) ∼HSK 6
(old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march ∼HSK 6
dǒu tadpole ∼HSK 6
xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
dǒu conical bamboo hat ∼HSK 6
xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 6
xiāng jiù rescue ∼HSK 6
dào zéi robber ∼HSK 6
xiū yāo do not ∼HSK 6
nán jiù cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame ∼HSK 6
ān zàng to bury (the dead) ∼HSK 6
yuán indigenous ∼HSK 6
zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers ∼HSK 6
shí to penetrate; to see through ∼HSK 6
liáng rén husband (arch.) ∼HSK 6
xiāng foreign land; a place far from home ∼HSK 6
zhāo morning dew; fig. precarious brevity of human life; ephemeral ∼HSK 6
zhuǎn shùn shì (idiom) fleeting; transitory ∼HSK 6
guài luàn shén 怪: strange, unusual, peculiar · 力: power, capability, influence · 乱: confusion, state of chaos, revolt · 神: spirit, god, supernatural being ∼HSK 6
gōng chéng míng suì 功: achievement, merit, good result · 成: completed, finished, fixed · 名: name, rank, title, position · 遂: comply with, follow along; thereupon ∼HSK 6
xián cái a genius; a talented person ∼HSK 6
wén shì literati; scholar ∼HSK 6
jiě zhí to dismiss from office; to discharge; to sack ∼HSK 6
mài mìng 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) ∼HSK 6
bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
qiú in order to ∼HSK 6
how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
cuǐ càn bright; resplendent ∼HSK 6
yóu lái jiǔ 由: cause, reason; from · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 已: already; finished; stop · 久: long time (ago); time passage, grow late ∼HSK 6
kòng free; vacant; unoccupied ∼HSK 6
luxuriant; lavish; abundant ∼HSK 6
yīng parrot ∼HSK 6
yān mist covered water ∼HSK 6
jùn xiù well-favored; elegant; pretty ∼HSK 6
yáng méi to raise eyebrows ∼HSK 6
殿 殿 diàn shì court examination, the top grade imperial exam ∼HSK 6
chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
dǎng one-party (state) ∼HSK 6
dān dài to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility ∼HSK 6
滿 mǎn táng cǎi everyone present applauds; universal acclaim; a standing ovation; to bring the house down ∼HSK 6
qiú duō 自: self, private, personal; from · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech · 多: much, many; more than, over · 福: happiness, good fortune, blessing ∼HSK 6
piāo xiāng (of a fragrance) to waft about; (fig.) (of foods) to become popular in other places as well ∼HSK 6
huǐ to vilify; to slander; vilification ∼HSK 6
an outfit of (clothing) ∼HSK 6
yǎng to admire ∼HSK 6
shí de to know ∼HSK 6
cǎi zhāi to pluck; to pick ∼HSK 6
home town; native place ∼HSK 6
nián 一: one; a, an; alone · 一: one; a, an; alone · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider ∼HSK 6