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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赏识 賞識 shǎng shí to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation ∼HSK 6
出丧 出喪 chū sāng to hold a funeral procession ∼HSK 6
公案 公案 gōng àn judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
恩师 恩師 ēn shī (greatly respected) teacher ∼HSK 6
忠臣 忠臣 zhōng chén faithful official ∼HSK 6
毁谤 毀謗 huǐ bàng slander; libel; to malign; to disparage ∼HSK 6
天良 天良 tiān liáng conscience ∼HSK 6
离宫 離宮 lí gōng detached palace; imperial villa ∼HSK 6
格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn to be executed on the spot without trial (idiom); shoot/kill on sight without question ∼HSK 6
潜逃 潛逃 qián táo to abscond; to slink off ∼HSK 6
灾殃 災殃 zāi yāng disaster ∼HSK 6
田园 田園 tián yuán fields; countryside; rural; bucolic ∼HSK 6
命苦 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star ∼HSK 6
真命 真命 zhēn mìng to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
残杀 殘殺 cán shā to massacre; to slaughter ∼HSK 6
患难 患難 huàn nàn trials and tribulations ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
卜卦 卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the eight trigrams ∼HSK 6
算命 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune ∼HSK 6
印堂 印堂 yìn táng the part of the forehead between the eyebrows; yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows ∼HSK 6
灰暗 灰暗 huī àn dull gray; drab; murky ∼HSK 6
遇难呈祥 遇難呈祥 yù nàn chéng xiáng to meet calamity and have it turn auspicious (idiom); to turn ill fortune into good ∼HSK 6
生辰八字 生辰八字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch ∼HSK 6
指点迷津 指點迷津 zhǐ diǎn mí jīn to show sb how to get to the right path ∼HSK 6
徒劳往返 徒勞往返 tú láo wǎng fǎn to make a wasted trip (idiom); to go to and fro with nothing to show for it ∼HSK 6
凶神 兇神 xiōng shén demon; fiend ∼HSK 6
大祸临头 大禍臨頭 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose ∼HSK 6
善因 善因 shàn yīn (Buddhism) good karma ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
享清福 享清福 xiǎng qīng fú to live in ease and comfort ∼HSK 6
免礼 免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying ∼HSK 6
据报 據報 jù bào it is reported; according to reports ∼HSK 6
查勘 查勘 chá kān to investigate ∼HSK 6
临盆 臨盆 lín pén at childbirth; in labor ∼HSK 6
活捉 活捉 huó zhuō to capture alive ∼HSK 6
暴民 暴民 bào mín a mob of people ∼HSK 6
碎尸万段 碎屍萬段 suì shī - wàn duàn (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat) ∼HSK 6
良民 良民 liáng mín good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) ∼HSK 6
炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) ∼HSK 6
瞎猜 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess; blind guess ∼HSK 6
生死有命 生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) ∼HSK 6
妄断 妄斷 wàng duàn to jump to an unfounded conclusion ∼HSK 6
奉命 奉命 fèng mìng by order ∼HSK 6
说废话 說廢話 shuō fèi huà to talk nonsense; to bullshit ∼HSK 6
手足 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices ∼HSK 6
山高皇帝远 山高皇帝遠 shān gāo huáng dì yuǎn lit. the mountains are high and the emperor is far away (idiom); fig. in remote areas authority has little reach ∼HSK 6
误事 誤事 wù shì to hold things up; to make a botch of things ∼HSK 6
酒后失言 酒後失言 jiǔ hòu shī yán to say the wrong thing while drunk (idiom); a slip of the tongue from drink ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6