The Guillotines 2012
血滴子
In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.
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Vocabulary
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| 战斗 戰鬥 | to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 土地 土地 | land; soil; territory | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 加入 加入 | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 死不了 死不了 | Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 明史 明史 | History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories, compiled under Zhang Tingyu in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls | Proper Noun |
| 甘肃 甘肅 | Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou | Proper Noun |
| 万代 萬代 | Bandai toy company | Proper Noun |
| 历 歷 | history; calendar | |
| 朝廷 朝廷 | court; imperial household; dynasty | |
| 京城 京城 | capital of a country | |
| 帝 帝 | supreme ruler, emperor; god | |
| 父 父 | father; KangXi radical 88 | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful |