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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píng děng equal; equality HSK 2
bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
西 西 fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
duì zhǎng captain; team leader HSK 2
xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
chéng to form; to make up; to constitute HSK 2
xiǎng an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect HSK 2
xìn xīn confidence; faith (in sb or sth) HSK 2
ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
(Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
suí shí at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary HSK 2
便 便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself HSK 2
duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after HSK 2
shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
xiǎng to recall; to think of; to call to mind HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
jiē zhe to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn HSK 2
jiē street HSK 2
tuǐ leg HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
hǎi ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted HSK 2
jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
jīng cháng frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily HSK 2
chī mythical beast (archaic) HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
shǔ to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list HSK 2