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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| 再者 再者 | moreover; besides | |
| 火钳 火鉗 | fire tongs | |
| 富贵 富貴 | riches and honor | |
| 强求 強求 | to insist on; to demand; to impose | |
| 了断 了斷 | to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem) | |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 管他呢 管他呢 | don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway | |
| 搬家 搬家 | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 家属 家屬 | family member; (family) dependent | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 整整 整整 | whole; full | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 文字 文字 | character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology | |
| 可靠 可靠 | reliable | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 进步 進步 | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 自动 自動 | automatic; voluntarily | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 工具 工具 | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 发出 發出 | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 |