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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| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 不明不白 不明不白 | (idiom) obscure; dubious; shady | Idiom |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乹 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 汉人 漢人 | Han Chinese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 天竺 天竺 | the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) | Proper Noun |
| 八月 八月 | August; eighth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 雍正 雍正 | Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735) | Proper Noun |
| 西门 西門 | two-character surname Ximen | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 天花 天花 | smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow; (dialect) sesame oil | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 十三 十三 | thirteen; 13 | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 八字 八字 | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 个中 個中 | therein; in this | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 刽子手 劊子手 | executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 包衣 包衣 | capsule (containing medicine); husk (of corn) | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 师 師 | teacher, master, specialist | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 商 商 | commerce, business, trade | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |