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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尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
恐怖 恐怖 kǒng bù terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
万死不辞 萬死不辭 wàn sǐ bù cí ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out Idiom ∼HSK 6
身首异处 身首異處 shēn shǒu yì chù to be decapitated (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
乱臣贼子 亂臣賊子 luàn chén zéi zǐ rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel Idiom ∼HSK 6
死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
赤胆忠心 赤膽忠心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty; to serve sb with body and soul Idiom ∼HSK 6
肝脑涂地 肝腦塗地 gān nǎo tú dì to offer one's life in sacrifice Idiom ∼HSK 6
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back; no surrender; to pursue justice with no second thoughts Idiom ∼HSK 6
尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost Idiom ∼HSK 6
徒劳无功 徒勞無功 tú láo wú gōng to work to no avail (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
真凭实据 真憑實據 zhēn píng shí jù reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof; definitive evidence Idiom ∼HSK 6
敢作敢为 敢作敢為 gǎn zuò gǎn wéi (idiom) to stop at nothing; to dare to do anything Idiom ∼HSK 6
同甘共苦 同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng solitary and impoverished (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
分文不取 分文不取 fēn wén bù qǔ to give for free Idiom ∼HSK 6
逢凶化吉 逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account Idiom ∼HSK 6
大腹便便 大腹便便 dà fù pián pián big-bellied (idiom); paunchy Idiom ∼HSK 6
昭然若揭 昭然若揭 zhāo rán ruò jiē abundantly clear Idiom ∼HSK 6
大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it Idiom ∼HSK 6
是非曲直 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits; pros and cons Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless Idiom ∼HSK 6
后患无穷 後患無窮 hòu huàn - wú qióng (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
开眼界 開眼界 kāi yǎn jiè to broaden one's horizons Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call; to have a narrow escape Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
启奏 啟奏 qǐ zòu report to the emperor ∼HSK 6