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磨刀霍霍

mó dāo huò huò

4-character word

What 磨刀霍霍 means

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

The characters in 磨刀霍霍

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 霍huò(literary) suddenly
• 霍huò(literary) suddenly

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