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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| 固步自封 固步自封 | 固: to become solid, solidify; strength · 步: step, pace; walk, stroll · 自: self, private, personal; from · 封: letter, envelope; feudal | Idiom |
| 走投无路 走投無路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | Idiom |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 牧民 牧民 | herdsman | |
| 忠贞 忠貞 | loyal and dependable | |
| 玄机 玄機 | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles | |
| 不平 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied | |
| 来年 來年 | next year; the coming year | |
| 屯 屯 | to station (soldiers); to store up; village | |
| 取缔 取締 | to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit | |
| 世代 世代 | for many generations; generation; era; age | |
| 就地 就地 | locally; on the spot | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 辫子 辮子 | plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle | |
| 曰 曰 | to speak; to say | |
| 山路 山路 | mountain road | |
| 迟疑 遲疑 | to hesitate | |
| 火药 火藥 | gunpowder | |
| 荒 荒 | desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect | |
| 煽动 煽動 | to incite; to instigate | |
| 传单 傳單 | leaflet; flier; pamphlet | |
| 收买 收買 | to purchase; to bribe | |
| 当日 當日 | on that day | |
| 留恋 留戀 | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 藏身 藏身 | to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 原型 原型 | model; prototype; archetype | |
| 扶持 扶持 | to help; to assist | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 以致 以致 | to such an extent as to; down to; up to | |
| 换取 換取 | to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) | |
| 皇上 皇上 | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty | |
| 山顶 山頂 | hilltop | |
| 启示 啟示 | to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson | |
| 斩 斬 | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 葬礼 葬禮 | burial; funeral | |
| 逆 逆 | contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel | |
| 人手 人手 | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 疏散 疏散 | to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; to relax | |
| 予以 予以 | to give; to impose; to apply | |
| 必定 必定 | to be bound to; to be sure to | |
| 无能为力 無能為力 | impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless | |
| 钓鱼 釣魚 | to fish (with line and hook); to dupe | |
| 宁可 寧可 | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils | |
| 前所未有 前所未有 | unprecedented | |
| 撤退 撤退 | to retreat | |
| 颁发 頒發 | to issue; to promulgate; to award | |
| 当今 當今 | current; present; now; nowadays |