怛罗斯之战

1. • Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River 塔拉斯河 tǎlāsīhé, in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion

Character by character

• 怛(dá)distressed
• 罗(luó)surname Luo
• 斯(sī)(phonetic)
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 战(zhàn)war