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1 Luhuo county (Tibetan: brag 'go rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

霍尔木兹

Huò ěr mù zī

1 Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf

霍华德

Huò huá dé

1 Howard (name)

Idioms (2)

磨刀霍霍

mó dāo huò huò

1 lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)
2 fig. to prepare to attack
3 to be getting ready for battle

霍然而愈

huò rán ér yù

1 to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly

Sample Sentences

其实那些贵族也会被人说太过于傲慢冷淡，同样也是很挥霍的。总归都不是我们平常百姓所能理解的生活方式。

qíshí nàxiē guìzú yě huì bèi rén shuō tài guòyú àomàn lěngdàn ，tóngyàng yě shì hěn huīhuò de 。zǒngguī dōu bùshì wǒmen píngcháng bǎixìng suǒ néng lǐjiě de shēnghuófāngshì 。

Actually, people have said that those aristocrats are too proud and detached, and they waste their money just the same. In the end, neither one is a lifestyle that we common folks can understand.

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哎，这些暴发户怎么这么霸道呢，有钱也没什么了不起呀。我印象中的暴发户，就是除了有钱，什么也没有的那种。他们大建豪宅，大肆挥霍，却没有什么精神实质和生活格调，即便有钱，也被称作“不入流”的一族。

āi ，zhèxiē bàofāhù zěnme zhème bàdào ne ，yǒuqián yě méi shénme liǎobuqǐ yā 。wǒ yìnxiàng zhōng de bàofāhù ，jiùshì chúle yǒuqián ，shénme yě méiyǒu de nàzhǒng 。tāmen dàjiàn háozhái ，dàsì huīhuò ，què méiyǒu shénme jīngshén shízhì hé shēnghuó gédiào ，jíbiàn yǒuqián ，yě bèi chēngzuò “bùrùliú ”de yīzú 。

Ah, how can these nouveaux riches be so high-handed? There's nothing great about having money. It seems to me that these New Money guys are the kind who have nothing but their cash. They build McMansions, and throw their money around, but they don't have much in the way of spirit or lifestyle. Even though they have money, they're still called ''arrivistes."

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