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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街 街 jiē street HSK 2
取 取 qǔ to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
日子 日子 rì zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
关心 關心 guān xīn to be concerned about; to care about HSK 2
刚才 剛才 gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
画 畫 huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
年轻 年輕 nián qīng young HSK 2
夜 亱 yè night HSK 2
加油 加油 jiā yóu to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on HSK 2
就要 就要 jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
不少 不少 bù shǎo many; a lot; not few HSK 2
脚 腳 jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
查 查 chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
意思 意思 yì si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
满 滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
弄 弄 lòng lane; alley HSK 2
怕 怕 pà to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
哭 哭 kū to cry; to weep HSK 2
只能 只能 zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
经过 經過 jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course HSK 2
收 收 shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
近 近 jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2
原来 原來 yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
酒 酒 jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
倒 倒 dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
眼 眼 yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
往 往 wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
黑 黑 Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
全部 全部 quán bù whole; all HSK 2
留 㽞 liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
药 藥 yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
算 算 suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
过来 過來 guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
办 辦 bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
行动 行動 xíng dòng operation; action; to move about; mobile HSK 2
狗 狗 gǒu dog HSK 2
最近 最近 zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
份 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
面 面 miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
也许 也許 yě xǔ perhaps; maybe HSK 2
句 句 jù sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb HSK 2
卖 賣 mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
组 組 zǔ to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries HSK 2
以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
片 片 piān disk; sheet HSK 2
生 生 shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
掉 掉 diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
特别 特別 tè bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2