The Guillotines

The Guillotines 2012

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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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4.23 Intermediate Director Andrew Lau Wai-Keung 🍅 14%

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zhàn dòu to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
land; soil; territory HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
shēn fèn 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 HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
fǎn 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 HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
jiā to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
shǐ history HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
chǔ 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 HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
Míng shǐ 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 ∼HSK 3
Gān Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Wàn dài Bandai toy company Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
history; calendar ∼HSK 3
cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
jīng chéng capital of a country ∼HSK 3
supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
father; KangXi radical 88 ∼HSK 3
father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3