霍 尔 布 鲁 克

Huò ěr bù lǔ kèdictionary entry

Holbrook (name) / Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009

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霍爾布魯克 霍尔布鲁克 [Huo4 er3 bu4 lu3 ke4] /Holbrook (name)/Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009/

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Other forms in these source records: 霍爾布魯克

霍
huò
(literary) suddenly
Huò
surname Huo
尔
ěr
thus / so / like that / you / thou
布
bù
to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known
鲁
lǔ
(bound form) crass / stupid / rude / (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
Lǔ
surname Lu / Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lǔ guó] / short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shān dōng]
克
kè
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares / to overthrow
Kè
abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Kè luó dì yà], Croatia / (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Kè luó āi xī yà], Croatia / Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

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