磨刀霍霍 módāohuòhuò to sharpen a knife loudly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 磨刀霍霍 módāohuòhuò to sharpen a knife loudly to sharpen a knife with a whishing or whistling sound 霍霍 huòhuò; originally describing Mulan's brother preparing to slaughter livestock to prepare for battle (idiom) fig. to sharpen one's weapons; to prepare for an attack or be ready for a fight Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.274 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
磨刀霍霍 módāohuòhuò to sharpen a knife loudly to sharpen a knife with a whishing or whistling sound 霍霍 huòhuò; originally describing Mulan's brother preparing to slaughter livestock to prepare for battle (idiom) fig. to sharpen one's weapons; to prepare for an attack or be ready for a fight Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.274 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)