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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欺 欺 qī bully, deceive ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
慎密 慎密 shèn mì cautious; with meticulous care ∼HSK 5
享用 享用 xiǎng yòng to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) ∼HSK 5
田地 田地 tián dì field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent ∼HSK 5
卤 滷 lǔ salt ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
锣 鑼 luó gong ∼HSK 5
锣鼓 鑼鼓 luó gǔ gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments ∼HSK 5
追捕 追捕 zhuī bǔ to pursue; to be after; to hunt down ∼HSK 5
非必要 非必要 fēi bì yào inessential; unnecessary ∼HSK 5
卜 卜 Bǔ fortune telling; prophesy ∼HSK 5
犹疑 猶疑 yóu yí to hesitate ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
必得 必得 bì děi must; have to ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
答话 答話 dá huà to reply; to answer ∼HSK 5
妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
传令 傳令 chuán lìng to transmit an order ∼HSK 5
笔迹 筆跡 bǐ jì handwriting ∼HSK 5
叛徒 叛徒 pàn tú traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent ∼HSK 5
蓄意 蓄意 xù yì deliberate; premeditated; malice ∼HSK 5
弑 弒 shì to murder a superior; to murder one's parent ∼HSK 5
皂 皂 zào soap; black; menial servant ∼HSK 5
厥 厥 jué personal pronoun he, she, it ∼HSK 5
义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
马儿 馬兒 mǎ rén horse (familiar) ∼HSK 5
眉目 眉目 méi mù general facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing); rough sketch or general idea of things ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
接掌 接掌 jiē zhǎng to take over; to take control ∼HSK 5
叙 敘 xù express, state, relate, narrate ∼HSK 5
叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce; to talk about former times ∼HSK 5
奈何 奈何 nài hé to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail ∼HSK 5
荣华 榮華 róng huá glory and splendor ∼HSK 5
死鬼 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed ∼HSK 5
差点儿 差點兒 chà diǎn r erhua variant of 差点; almost; nearly HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
大伙儿 大伙兒 dà huǒ r erhua variant of 大伙; everybody; everyone HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late; priority; in succession; one after another HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
逃走 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee; to run away HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
不顾 不顧 bù gù in spite of; regardless of HSK 5