The Guillotines

The Guillotines 2012

血滴子 xuè dī zǐ

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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Vocabulary

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声音 聲音 shēng yīn voice; sound HSK 2
红 紅 hóng red; popular; revolutionary; bonus HSK 2
原来 原來 yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
酒 酒 jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
故事 故事 gù shì old practice HSK 2
停 停 tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car) HSK 2
装 裝 zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
好像 好像 hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
服务 服務 fú wù to serve; service HSK 2
刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
全部 全部 quán bù whole; all HSK 2
留 㽞 liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
药 藥 yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
过来 過來 guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
懂 懂 dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
行动 行動 xíng dòng operation; action; to move about; mobile HSK 2
米 米 mǐ rice; meter (classifier) HSK 2
来自 來自 lái zì to come from (a place); From: (in email header) HSK 2
脸 臉 liǎn face HSK 2
靠 靠 kào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) HSK 2
狗 狗 gǒu dog HSK 2
换 換 huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
份 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
面 面 miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
方面 方面 fāng miàn respect; aspect; field; side HSK 2
也许 也許 yě xǔ perhaps; maybe HSK 2
句 句 jù sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
卖 賣 mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
选 選 xuǎn to choose; to pick; to select; to elect HSK 2
越 越 Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
万 万 mò used in 俟 HSK 2
掉 掉 diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
真正 真正 zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true; really; indeed HSK 2
特别 特別 tè bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2
办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means; method; way (of doing sth) HSK 2
以前 以前 yǐ qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
变 變 biàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion HSK 2
道 道 dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
其中 其中 qí zhōng among; in; included among these HSK 2
有人 有人 yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
刚 剛 gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
相信 相信 xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
队 隊 duì squadron; team; group HSK 2
信 信 xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
以后 以後 yǐ hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
可是 可是 kě shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
全 全 quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
计划 計劃 jì huà plan; project; program; to plan; to map out HSK 2