霍去病

Huò Qùbìng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Huo Qubing (140–117 BC), Western Han general famed for his campaigns against the Xiongnu

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Examples

HSK 4

霍去病是汉朝的名将。

Huò Qùbìng shì Hàncháo de míngjiàng.

Huo Qubing was a famous general of the Han dynasty.

HSK 6

霍去病十八岁就带兵打仗，二十四岁就去世了。

Huò Qùbìng shíbā suì jiù dàibīng dǎzhàng, èrshísì suì jiù qùshì le.

Huo Qubing was leading troops into battle at eighteen and died at only twenty-four.

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history

When 汉武帝 offered to build him a mansion, he refused: 匈奴未灭，何以家为, "The Xiongnu are not yet destroyed; what would I do with a home?" His name 去病 means "rid of illness".

Stroke Order

霍 huò

去 qù

病 bìng