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What does 号称 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

号称 hàochēng

to be known as

It can also mean

  • to claim to be; to be billed as

Its characters

  1. 号 hào number
  2. 称 chēng to call

In a sentence

他虽然号称自己是个社会主义者,但是其实他拥有两套房子还有一辆劳斯莱斯。 He claims to be a socialist, and yet he has two houses and a Rolls Royce.

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