The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman 2011

dāo jiànxiào

A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.

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4.76 Intermediate Director Wuershan 🍅 46%

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Vocabulary

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bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
chéng dān to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
rán still; as before HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
biǎo qíng (facial) expression; to express one's feelings HSK 4
zài to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
qiē to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
xún zhǎo to seek; to look for HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
qīn ài dear; beloved; darling HSK 4
tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
hòu huì yǒu I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. Idiom ∼HSK 3
zhǎo to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
sòng to throw away one's life Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
zhū tóu pig head; (coll.) fool; jerk Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3