碧 - Bi4 - Jasper, Blue, Green, Bluish Green

碧血 - Bi4 Xue4 - Blue Blood — Blood Shed in a Just Cause

劍 - Jian4 - Sword

I’m guessing some cross-cultural confusion has corrupted the translated title of the movie we watched tonight. It was called 碧血劍 which, given the above expression, I’m guessing means something like “SWORD OF JUST BLOODSHED”. That would make sense given the story. But the real English title is Sword Stained with Royal Blood. There is no royal blood in this movie, so I’m going to say that somebody looked up the literal translation of the title, “Blue Blood Sword”, and figured that by Blue Blood it meant Royal Blood.

By the way, this was the 1981 version of the movie, and it was REALLY GOOD! It had a guy named IRON ABACUS, and a team of bad guys that fight using a technique called FIVE ELEMENT MATRIX, which can be upgraded when needed to OCTAGON MATRIX. The choreography was excellent, and as a bonus it was practially all Kuo Chui all the time!