The Flying Guillotine

The Flying Guillotine 1975

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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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Bǎo Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
děng dài to wait; to wait for HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
shòu shāng to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed HSK 3
chéng yuán member HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
Cháo abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea HSK 3
chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
yào necessary; essential; indispensable; required HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
xiāng dāng equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
suí to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
father and mother; parents HSK 3
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
yòng to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
jué duì absolute; unconditional HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
bào gào to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture HSK 3
lián connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch HSK 3
rèn wu mission; assignment; task; duty; role HSK 3
shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
xiàn chǎng the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
qián at the present time; currently HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3