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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Vocabulary

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府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
天啊 天啊 tiān a good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say,...; as the saying goes,... ∼HSK 2
流星 流星 liú xīng meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer ∼HSK 2
收发 收發 shōu fā to receive and send; to receive and transmit ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
份子 份子 fèn zǐ Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
具 具 jù tool, implement; draw up, write ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up ∼HSK 2
千里眼 千里眼 qiān lǐ yǎn clairvoyance ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
参 參 cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
要道 要道 yào dào major road; thoroughfare; main road ∼HSK 2
河水 河水 hé shuǐ river water ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
小脚 小腳 xiǎo jiǎo bound feet (traditional) ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
用完 用完 yòng wán used up; finished ∼HSK 2
三更半夜 三更半夜 sān gēng - bàn yè (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
接生 接生 jiē shēng to deliver (a newborn child) ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack; to have not even the slightest ∼HSK 2
不知去向 不知去向 bù zhī qù xiàng whereabouts unknown; gone missing ∼HSK 2
星夜 星夜 xīng yè starlit night; by night; under the night sky; through the night ∼HSK 2
息 息 xī rest, put stop to, end, cease ∼HSK 2
变节 變節 biàn jié betrayal; defection; turncoat; to change sides politically ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
下酒 下酒 xià jiǔ to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink ∼HSK 2
有道 有道 yǒu dào to have attained the Way; (of a government or a ruler) enlightened; wise and just ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
半夜三更 半夜三更 bàn yè - sān gēng (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2