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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| 远扬 遠揚 | (fame) spreads far and wide | |
| 无名之辈 無名之輩 | unknown person; nobody | |
| 作画 作畫 | to paint | |
| 盛宴 盛宴 | feast | |
| 妙手 妙手 | miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 千金买笑 千金買笑 | 千: thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler · 金: gold; metals in general; money · 买: buy, purchase; bribe, persuade · 笑: smile, laugh, giggle; snicker | |
| 不消 不消 | to not need; needless (to say) | |
| 建功立业 建功立業 | to achieve or accomplish goals | |
| 军功 軍功 | (military) meritorious service | |
| 佳期 佳期 | wedding day; day of tryst | |
| 女扮男装 女扮男裝 | (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom) | |
| 军情 軍情 | military situation; military intelligence | |
| 亲眼目睹 親眼目睹 | to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes | |
| 薄田 薄田 | barren field; poor land | |
| 赤条条 赤條條 | stark naked | |
| 太公 太公 | great-grandfather; (old) grandfather; father | |
| 无望 無望 | without hope; hopeless; without prospects | |
| 娶妻 娶妻 | to take a wife; to get married (man) | |
| 恰似 恰似 | just like; exactly like | |
| 噩耗 噩耗 | news of sb's death; sad news | |
| 壮年 壯年 | lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc) | |
| 家产 家產 | family property | |
| 一夜之间 一夜之間 | (lit. and fig.) overnight | |
| 落魄 落魄 | down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4] | |
| 浪荡 浪蕩 | to loiter; to hang around; dissolute; licentious | |
| 作罢 作罷 | to drop (subject etc) | |
| 仙境 仙境 | fairyland; wonderland; paradise | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 双臂 雙臂 | arms; both arms; two arms | |
| 笔墨 筆墨 | pen and ink; words; writing | |
| 绝句 絕句 | quatrain (poetic form) | |
| 征战 征戰 | campaign; expedition | |
| 不肖 不肖 | (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy | |
| 先祖 先祖 | (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors | |
| 搏杀 搏殺 | to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 斥候 斥候 | to reconnoiter; to scout; scout | |
| 南来北往 南來北往 | 南: south; southern part; southward · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 北: north; northern; northward · 往: go, depart; past, formerly | |
| 木炭 木炭 | charcoal | |
| 横行 橫行 | to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck | |
| 征人 徵人 | traveler (on a long journey); participant in an expedition; garrison soldier; new recruit | |
| 逃命 逃命 | to escape; to flee; to run for one's life | |
| 家业 家業 | family property | |
| 旧识 舊識 | former acquaintance; old friend | |
| 身兼 身兼 | holding two jobs simultaneously | |
| 倚重 倚重 | to rely heavily upon | |
| 学徒 學徒 | apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship | |
| 一面之词 一面之詞 | one side of the story; one-sided statement | |
| 臂膀 臂膀 | arm |