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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cóng wèi never HSK 7
líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
shī dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
láng wolf HSK 7
gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
wèi 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° HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
yāo yán huò zhòng to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies Idiom ∼HSK 6
shēn móu yuǎn lit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
ān to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
bāng xiōng variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
self-sufficiency; autarky Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
huáng cháo the imperial court; the government in imperial times ∼HSK 6
qīng bīng Qing troops; Manchu soldiers ∼HSK 6
líng to bully and humiliate ∼HSK 6
tīng mìng to disobey ∼HSK 6
rén my child ∼HSK 6
móu fǎn to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state ∼HSK 6
jǐng xiào yóu (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others ∼HSK 6
zhǎn shā to behead ∼HSK 6
kǎn duàn to chop off ∼HSK 6
tōng fàn wanted criminal; fugitive (from the law) ∼HSK 6
shì lüè biographical sketch ∼HSK 6
wàng to place hopes on ∼HSK 6
to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
yáo unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant ∼HSK 6
dāo jiàn sword ∼HSK 6
滿 zhān mǎn muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in ∼HSK 6
guān to enter a pass; to go through customs ∼HSK 6
xùn liàn yǒu 训: teach, instruct; exegesis · 练: to practice, drill, exercise, train · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 素: white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally ∼HSK 6
chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others ∼HSK 6
dòng to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc) ∼HSK 6
jiāng gōng shú zuì to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts ∼HSK 6
niáng tāi womb ∼HSK 6
jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste) ∼HSK 6
kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
guǐ hún ghost ∼HSK 6
dǎng henchmen ∼HSK 6
jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force) ∼HSK 6
hún líng soul; mind; idea ∼HSK 6