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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jiāo tuō to entrust ∼HSK 6
servant ∼HSK 6
diào to hoist ∼HSK 6
tàn zi intelligence gatherer; spy; detective; scout; sound (medical instrument); long and narrow probing and sampling utensil ∼HSK 6
tǒng barrel; vat ∼HSK 6
shì fair; market (in a public place); small town ∼HSK 6
shí wén - duàn (idiom) able to read; literate ∼HSK 6
shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel ∼HSK 6
tōng zuò to join forces; to give full cooperation ∼HSK 6
jiàn gōng to achieve or accomplish goals ∼HSK 6
shì market; bazaar; fair ∼HSK 6
shí illiterate ∼HSK 6
zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
jià marriage ∼HSK 6
jià to marry off a daughter ∼HSK 6
zhuāng jiā farmhouse; banker (gambling) ∼HSK 6
gōng guò merits and demerits; contributions and errors ∼HSK 6
hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
shěn pàn guān judge; magistrate ∼HSK 6
jué heartbroken; inconsolable ∼HSK 6
xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
to meet death ∼HSK 6
tóng chuāng schoolmate; fellow student ∼HSK 6
tān guān corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin ∼HSK 6
zhàng fáng an accounts office (in former times); an accountant; a cashier ∼HSK 6
fèng tiān chéng yùn 奉: offer; receive; serve; respect · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 承: inherit, receive; succeed · 运: run; simplified form of ∼HSK 6
zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
this or that very day; in the next few days ∼HSK 6
qiú globe ∼HSK 6
zhēng steam engine ∼HSK 6
wèi liào to not anticipate; to not expect; unanticipated; unexpected ∼HSK 6
cáng shū to collect books; library collection ∼HSK 6
dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
西 西 yáng rén Westerner ∼HSK 6
yín qiǎo 奇: strange, unusual, uncanny, occult · 技: skill, ability, talent, ingenuity · 淫: obscene, licentious, lewd · 巧: skillful, ingenious, clever ∼HSK 6
xùn to tame; tame; docile ∼HSK 6
guī shùn to surrender and pay allegiance to ∼HSK 6
tiān xuán huáng first line of the Thousand Character Classic ∼HSK 6
cháo xué lair; nest; den; hideout ∼HSK 6
bēi to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder ∼HSK 6
yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
huà wéi - yǒu (idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish ∼HSK 6
gēng zhòng to till; to cultivate ∼HSK 6
hòu later; afterwards ∼HSK 6
zuò bǎo to act as surety for sb; to be sb's guarantor; to stand bail for sb ∼HSK 6
táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
zhōng xīn good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication HSK 6
zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) HSK 6