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好萊塢

hou2 loi4 wu2

hao3 lai2 wu4

[1] Hollywood [2] [Syn.] 荷里活 , 荷李活

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

好萊塢

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Jul 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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好 hou2 hou3 hao3 {hao4} - good, fine; very much
萊 loi4 lai4 lai2 - [1] field lying fallow [2] wild weeds [3] a Ch
塢 wu2 ou3 wu4 - [1] a low wall around a village for defense;

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