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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磨* | 磨* | *磨
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
HSK 6
a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
HSK 7-9
to rub lightly / to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally / to pester; to nag
to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass)
to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
HSK 7-9
to idle on the job
milling machine
whetstone (for honing knives)
erosion / abrasion
to grumble / to chatter away incessantly
to dillydally / slow-going
to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
to hone (a knife)
to break in / to wear in
HSK 7-9
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
attrition rate
millstone grit
facial scrub
annoying / bothersome / to fret / to be peevish
to feel unembarrassed; to be at ease / (dialect) to be convinced; to come round
to torture / to torment
wear and tear / wearing out by friction
mill
lower millstone / tray of a mill
sander; sanding machine
incessant complaining
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磨* | 磨* | *磨
grindstone / to grind / to turn round
to grind up
to feel embarrassed
abrasive material
to sharpen / to grind (knife blades)
whetstone / millstone
frosted glass
to talk until one is blue in the face
to sharpen on grindstone / to improve oneself by practice
(dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate
lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
to grumble / to chatter
grinding machine / grinder
to polish
to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
(dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹
to obliterate / to erase
a polished stone (neolithic) implement
to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather
miller
mill; grain mill; millstone
millstone grit / coarse sandstone
to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
pumice stone
variant of 摩擦
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
variant of 磨練|磨练
friction blister
variant of 摩拳擦掌
variant of 蘑菇


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