The Flying Guillotine 1975
血滴子
The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned with the excesses of his master. He leaves his post and takes up the quiet life of farming and raising a family. Eventually, though, his past catches up with him, and he must find a way to fight the flying guillotine if he is to save his head.
Vocabulary
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| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 近来 近來 | recently; lately | |
| 回避 迴避 | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 示范 示範 | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration; a model example | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 职位 職位 | position; post; job | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 此刻 此刻 | this moment; now; at present | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 分离 分離 | to separate | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 空中 空中 | in the sky; in the air | |
| 时机 時機 | opportunity; opportune moment | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 冲突 衝突 | conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 线索 線索 | trail; clues; thread (of a story) | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee |