The Flying Guillotine 1975
血滴子
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.
Vocabulary
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| 逃命 逃命 | to escape; to flee; to run for one's life | |
| 抚养成人 撫養成人 | to bring up (a child) | |
| 公差 公差 | tolerance (allowed error); common difference (of an arithmetic series) | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 顽皮 頑皮 | naughty | |
| 馒头 饅頭 | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread | |
| 忠心 忠心 | good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication | |
| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 照样 照樣 | as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 选拔 選拔 | to select the best | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 操纵 操縱 | to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 旋转 旋轉 | to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 适当 適當 | suitable; appropriate | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 通讯 通訊 | communications; news story; dispatch | |
| 暴露 暴露 | to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pù lù] | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 险 險 | danger; dangerous; rugged | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 全力 全力 | with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing |