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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踢 踢 tī to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) HSK 6
聊 聊 liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
滴 滴 dī a drop; to drip HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
哇 哇 wā Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth Idiom ∼HSK 5
朝令夕改 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
所向无敌 所向無敵 suǒ xiàng wú dí to be invincible; unrivalled Idiom ∼HSK 5
明查暗访 明查暗訪 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret; taking information from all sides Idiom ∼HSK 5
手无寸铁 手無寸鐵 shǒu wú cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless Idiom ∼HSK 5
神明 神明 shén míng deities; gods Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
毒手 毒手 dú shǒu deadly blow; vicious attack; treacherous assault Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
喳 喳 chā whispering ∼HSK 5
昆 崐 kūn elder brother; descendants ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother ∼HSK 5
鹏 鵬 Péng fabulous bird of enormous size ∼HSK 5
萍 萍 píng duckweed; wandering, traveling ∼HSK 5
烈 烈 liè fiery, violent, vehement, ardent ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
卦 卦 guà fortune telling; tell fortunes ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
婉 婉 wǎn amiable, congenial; restrained ∼HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
谏 諫 Jiàn remonstrate, admonish ∼HSK 5
鉴 鑑 jiàn mirror, looking glass; reflect ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
效忠 效忠 xiào zhōng to vow loyalty and devotion to ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
匕 匕 bǐ spoon, ladle; knife, dirk ∼HSK 5
冒死 冒死 mào sǐ to brave death ∼HSK 5
孝 孝 xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5