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一路向西

Yí Lù Xiàng Xī

Heading West

A student running from her parents' plans and an 82-year-old man going back to the desert where he planted poplars in 1962 share a sleeper compartment for three days and four thousand kilometers.

HSK 320 chapters
  1. Chapter 1
    出发
    Chūfā
    Departure
    about 416 characters
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  2. Chapter 2
    卧铺
    Wòpù
    The Sleeper Car
    about 439 characters
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  3. Chapter 3
    旧照片
    Jiù Zhàopiān
    The Old Photograph
    about 414 characters
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  4. Chapter 4
    长江
    Chángjiāng
    The Yangtze
    about 444 characters
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  5. Chapter 5
    餐车
    Cānchē
    The Dining Car
    about 438 characters
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  6. Chapter 6
    西安
    Xī'ān
    Xi'an
    about 457 characters
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  7. Chapter 7
    小两口
    Xiǎoliǎngkǒu
    The Young Couple
    about 440 characters
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  8. Chapter 8
    兰州
    Lán Zhōu
    Lanzhou
    about 421 characters
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  9. Chapter 9
    河西走廊
    Héxī Zǒuláng
    The Hexi Corridor
    about 463 characters
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  10. Chapter 10
    嘉峪关
    Jiā Yùguān
    Jiayuguan
    about 444 characters
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  11. Chapter 11
    戈壁
    Gēbì
    The Gobi
    about 487 characters
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  12. Chapter 12
    夜里
    Yèlǐ
    In the Night
    about 463 characters
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  13. Chapter 13
    列车员
    Lièchēyuán
    The Conductor
    about 431 characters
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  14. Chapter 14
    吐鲁番
    Tǔlǔfān
    Turpan
    about 450 characters
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  15. Chapter 15
    乌鲁木齐
    Wū Lǔmùqí
    Urumqi
    about 447 characters
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  16. Chapter 16
    长途汽车
    Zhǎngtú Qìchē
    The Long-Distance Bus
    about 439 characters
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  17. Chapter 17
    白杨镇
    Bái Yángzhèn
    Poplar Town
    about 472 characters
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  18. Chapter 18
    博物馆
    Bówùguǎn
    The Museum
    about 477 characters
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  19. Chapter 19
    那棵树
    Nà Kē Shù
    That Tree
    about 534 characters
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  20. Chapter 20
    回家
    Huíjiā
    Going Home
    about 494 characters
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  21. More chapters of Yí Lù Xiàng Xī are being written.