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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| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 灵魂 靈魂 | soul; spirit | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 狼 狼 | wolf | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 妖言惑众 妖言惑眾 | to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies | Idiom |
| 深谋远虑 深謀遠慮 | lit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom) | Idiom |
| 安居乐业 安居樂業 | to live in peace and work happily (idiom) | Idiom |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 帮凶 幫兇 | variant of | Xiehouyu |
| 自给自足 自給自足 | self-sufficiency; autarky | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 皇朝 皇朝 | the imperial court; the government in imperial times | |
| 清兵 清兵 | Qing troops; Manchu soldiers | |
| 欺凌 欺凌 | to bully and humiliate | |
| 不听命 不聽命 | to disobey | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 谋反 謀反 | to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state | |
| 以儆效尤 以儆效尤 | (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others | |
| 斩杀 斬殺 | to behead | |
| 砍断 砍斷 | to chop off | |
| 通缉犯 通緝犯 | wanted criminal; fugitive (from the law) | |
| 事略 事略 | biographical sketch | |
| 寄望 寄望 | to place hopes on | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 遥不可及 遙不可及 | unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant | |
| 刀剑 刀劍 | sword | |
| 沾满 沾滿 | muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in | |
| 入关 入關 | to enter a pass; to go through customs | |
| 训练有素 訓練有素 | well-trained; highly drilled and disciplined (idiom) | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish | |
| 异己 異己 | dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others | |
| 拨动 撥動 | to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc) | |
| 将功赎罪 將功贖罪 | to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts | |
| 娘胎 孃胎 | womb | |
| 贱民 賤民 | social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste) | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 鬼魂 鬼魂 | ghost | |
| 党羽 黨羽 | henchmen | |
| 剿灭 剿滅 | to eliminate (by armed force) | |
| 魂灵 魂靈 | soul; mind; idea |