The Flying Guillotine

The Flying Guillotine 1975

血滴子 xuè dī zǐ

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.

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首级 首級 shǒu jí severed head ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
肚子痛 肚子痛 dù zi tòng stomachache; bellyache ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
言官 言官 yán guān imperial censor ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
谅 諒 liàng excuse, forgive; guess, presume ∼HSK 4
侍卫 侍衛 shì wèi Imperial bodyguard ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
重赏 重賞 zhòng shǎng ample reward; to reward generously ∼HSK 4
无罪 無罪 wú zuì innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
直言 直言 zhí yán to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
呼 呼 hū breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
非但 非但 fēi dàn not only ∼HSK 4
饿肚子 餓肚子 è dù zi to go hungry; to starve ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
林子 林子 lín zi woods; grove; forest ∼HSK 4
抄家 抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
早安 早安 zǎo ān Good morning! ∼HSK 4
玩艺儿 玩藝兒 wán yì r variant of ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
急速 急速 jí sù hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development) ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
兵刃 兵刃 bīng rèn (bladed) weapons ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
幸 倖 xìng luck(ily), favor, fortunately ∼HSK 4
施 施 Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
处决 處決 chǔ jué to execute (a condemned criminal) ∼HSK 4
有责任 有責任 yǒu zé rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
大户 大戶 dà hù great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer ∼HSK 4
做官 做官 zuò guān to take an official post; to become a government employee ∼HSK 4
警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over; (security) guard ∼HSK 4
森严 森嚴 sēn yán strict; rigid; tight (security) ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
疑难 疑難 yí nán hard to understand; difficult to deal with; knotty; complicated ∼HSK 4
匕首 匕首 bǐ shǒu dagger ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water; to boil water ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4