Zhou Chu Reforms and Starts Anew

Zhou Chu is feared in Yixing as one of the three scourges, along with a tiger and a flood dragon. After realizing how deeply he has hurt others, he chooses to change, study, and become a person worthy of respect.

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  1. 很久以前，在江南的义兴，有一个年轻人，名字叫周处。

    hen3 jiu3 yi3 qian2 zai4 jiang1 nan2 de5 yi4 xing1 you3 yi1 ge4 nian2 qing1 ren2 ming2 zi5 jiao4 zhou1 chu4

    Long ago, in Yixing in the Jiangnan region, there was a young man named Zhou Chu.

  2. 周处出生在一个有名的家庭。

    zhou1 chu4 chu1 sheng1 zai4 yi1 ge4 you3 ming2 de5 jia1 ting2

    Zhou Chu was born into a famous family.

  3. 他从小身体强壮，力气很大，也很会骑马射箭。

    ta1 cong2 xiao3 shen1 ti3 qiang2 zhuang4 li4 qi5 hen3 da4 ye3 hen3 hui4 qi2 ma3 she4 jian4

    From childhood, he was strong, powerful, and skilled at riding horses and shooting arrows.