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磨
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Definitions
- 1. to rub
- 2. to grind
- 3. to polish
- 4. to sharpen
- 5. to wear down
- 6. to die out
- 7. to waste time
- 8. to pester
- 9. to insist
Example Sentences
1 shown湯姆在 磨 刀。
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Words Containing 磨
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
mill
to wear down
to rub lightly
to break in
whetstone
annoying
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
to wear out one's lips (idiom)
a torment
to scrub with an abrasive
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
to carve and polish (jade)
a polished stone (neolithic) implement
to be very slow
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
rotary grindstone
to mill
abrasive
miller
facial scrub
mill
pumice stone
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
grinding machine
to grumble
to feel embarrassed
to sharpen on grindstone
angle grinder
to grind up
electric mill (for grinding wheat etc)
indelible
to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
abrasive material
attrition rate
whetstone (for honing knives)
to polish; to burnish; to shine
to hone (a knife)
karma (loanword)
to idle on the job
erosion
wear and tear
millstone grit
to polish
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working
grindstone
to argue pointlessly
torture and cruel treatment
to torment
to grumble
to grind one's teeth (during sleep)
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
lower millstone
incessant complaining
Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang
to sharpen
premolar tooth
(dialect) to dawdle
unembarrassed
to torment
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
grinder's disease
whetstone (for honing knives)
abrasive disk
to pester
to talk until one is blue in the face
milling machine
to ponder
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom)
see 磨練|磨练[mó liàn]
freshly ground
molar tooth
milling
terrazzo
to coax and pester (idiom)
to dillydally
dawdling
sluggish
to torture
lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)
wear resistant
to kill time
friction blister
abrasive (material)
sander; sanding machine
ball mill
see 球磨機|球磨机[qiú mó jī]
to grind one's way through an ink stone
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
to obliterate
millstone grit
to temper oneself
rod mill
Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang