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Flying Snow is a fictional assassin from Zhang Yimou's 2002 film Hero, portrayed by Maggie Cheung. The proud daughter of a Zhao general who fell against the Qin army and a patriotic member of Zhao. She is one of the most wanted assassins in Qin. Flying Snow also happens to be the lover of one of these assassins, Broken Sword. While her love for Broken Sword is strong, her hatred for the king of Qin for killing her father and messing with Zhao is stronger. Flying Snow agrees to fake being killed by Nameless so he can close enough to the king to kill him. However her comrade and lover Broken Sword convinces Nameless to abandon his plan, in rage Flying Snow challenges Broken Sword to a duel and kills him. Flying Snow becomes so distaught by what she did, she commits suicide as she no longer able to live with being directly responsible for Broken Sword's death.

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Flying Snow is a fictional assassin from Zhang Yimou's 2002 film Hero, portrayed by Maggie Cheung. The proud daughter of a Zhao general who fell against the Qin army and a patriotic member of Zhao. She is one of the most wanted assassins in Qin. Flying Snow also happens to be the lover of one of these assassins, Broken Sword. While her love for Broken Sword is strong, her hatred for the king of Qin for killing her father and messing with Zhao is stronger. Flying Snow agrees to fake being killed by Nameless so he can close enough to the king to kill him. However her comrade and lover Broken Sword convinces Nameless to abandon his plan, in rage Flying Snow challenges Broken Sword to a duel and kills him. Flying Snow becomes so distaught by what she did, she commits suicide as she no longer able to live with being directly responsible for Broken Sword's death.