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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有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
那还用说 那還用説 nà hái yòng shuō that goes without saying ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
在先 在先 zài xiān to come first; previous; prior; beforehand; first; formerly ∼HSK 1
行事 行事 xíng shì to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
白字 白字 bái zì wrongly written or mispronounced character ∼HSK 1
衣襟 衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel ∼HSK 1
京 京 Jīng capital city ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
天子 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) ∼HSK 1
差事 差事 chà shì poor; not up to standard ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
你真行 你真行 nǐ zhēn xíng you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation) ∼HSK 1
两下 兩下 liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
有为 有為 yǒu wéi promising; to show promise ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
荷包 荷包 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing) ∼HSK 1
他日 他日 tā rì (literary) some day; (literary) days in the past ∼HSK 1
重用 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
读书人 讀書人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual ∼HSK 1
干儿子 乾兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 1
年年 年年 nián nián year after year; yearly; every year; annually ∼HSK 1
行好 行好 xíng hǎo to be charitable; to do a good deed ∼HSK 1
左手 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand; left-hand side ∼HSK 1
右手 右手 yòu shǒu right hand; right-hand side ∼HSK 1
手拿 手拿 shǒu ná to hold in one's hand ∼HSK 1
歌儿 歌兒 gē r song ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1