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怛罗斯之战

Dá luó sī zhī Zhàn

5-character word Traditional 怛羅斯之戰

What 怛罗斯之战 means

1. Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River {塔拉斯河|Tǎ lā sī Hé}, in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion

The characters in 怛罗斯之战

• 怛dádistressed; alarmed; shocked
• 罗luógauze; to collect; to gather
• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war

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