董卓強迫獻帝遷都長安以後, 強征了二十五萬民夫, 在離長安二百多里的地方, 另築郿塢城, 建造宮室, 規模和京城不相上下.
董 dung2. Supervise. Surname.
卓 coek3/zoek3. Brilliant.
–> Dong Zhuo, died 192. Dictator.
強 koeng4/5, goeng6. Strong.
迫 baak1/3, bik1. Coerce. Busy.
–> Forcefully installed.
獻 hin3. Offer, present. Display.
帝 dai3. Emperor
–> Emperor Xian. Puppet of Dong Zhuo.
遷 cin1. To move, transfer.
都 dou1. Capital
–> Changed the capital to:
長 coeng4. Long.
安 on1. Peace.
–> Chang’An
以 ji5
後 hau6. After.
After Dong Zhuo installed Emperor Xian on the throne, and moved the Capital to Chang’An,
征 zing1. Invade. Conquered.
了 liu5. Past particle.
–> Captured.
二 ji6. 2
十 sap6. 10
五 ng5. 5
萬 maan1. 10K
–> 250,000
民 man4. People.
夫 fu1/4. Man, adult man. Those.
–> Men.
He captured 250,000 men,
在 zoi6. At.
離 lei4/6. Depart. Separate.
百 baak3. 100
多 do1. Numerous. Several.
里 lei5. Distance unit. Village.
–> At 100+ li away.
的 dik1. Genitive.
地 dei6. Place.
方 fong1. Region.
–> Place
另 ling6. Another. Separate.
築 zuk1. Build(ing).
郿 mei4. County in Shaanxi.
塢 wu2. Enbankment. Low wall.
城 sing4, seng4. Castle, town.
–> Meiwu (name of the new city)
建 gin1. Build.
造 zou6, cou3/5. Build. Begin. Prepare.
–> Build
宮 gung1. Palace. Temple.
室 sat1. Room. Place.
–> Palace
規 kwai1. Rules. Law.
模 mou4. Model, pattern. Copy.
–> Size, format.
和 wo6/4. Peace. Harmony. And.
–> with
京 ging1. Capital city.
不 bat1. Not.
相 soeng1. Mutual. Each other.
上 soeng6/5. Up/top, superior. Go/send up.
下 haa6/5. Bottom, below, inferior. Send down.
–> comparable, equivalent
sent them to a place 100 li or more from there, and had a new city built, Meiwu, and a palace comparable to the one in the capital.
