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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| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 掌握 掌握 | to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 鬼 鬼 | 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 | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | 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 | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | 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) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 金科玉律 金科玉律 | golden rule; key principle | Idiom |
| 十拿九稳 十拿九穩 | (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag; (idiom) (of a person) confident of success | Idiom |
| 无心 無心 | unintentionally; not in the mood to | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 不济 不濟 | (coll.) no good; of no use | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | 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 |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 江南 江南 | 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 |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 信义 信義 | Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City, Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 诗书 詩書 | the Book of Songs and the Book of History | Proper Noun |
| 礼部 禮部 | Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) | Proper Noun |
| 江河 江河 | Yangtze and Yellow rivers | Proper Noun |
| 镶黄旗 鑲黃旗 | Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 县城 縣城 | county seat; county town | Proper Noun |
| 托福 託福 | TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language | Proper Noun |
| 辛 辛 | bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal |