怛羅斯之戰

Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River 塔拉斯河[Ta3 la1 si1 He2], in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion

distressed / alarmed / shocked / grieved

gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to sift

Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1])

Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]

(phonetic) / this

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

to fight / fight / war / battle