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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to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
fēng kuáng crazy; frenzied; wild HSK 5
zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
zài one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
like this; so; such HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
zi (coll.) to have diarrhea Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
two-character surname Dugu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng shān Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
寿 Hàn shòu Hanshou county in Changde, Hunan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
jiāng rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
wáng dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon; Chinese squash ∼HSK 4
art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
qióng guāng dàn poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond ∼HSK 4
xīn xīn painstakingly; with great trouble ∼HSK 4
shù medical expertise; art of healing ∼HSK 4
jiù yóu (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions ∼HSK 4
wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) ∼HSK 4
drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4