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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
HSK 7-9
a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
HSK 7-9
to break in / to wear in
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磨* | 磨* | *磨
grindstone / to grind / to turn round
to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
to hone (a knife)
mill
to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
wear and tear / wearing out by friction
to sharpen on grindstone / to improve oneself by practice
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
variant of 摩擦
to dillydally / slow-going
to obliterate / to erase
frosted glass
whetstone (for honing knives)
annoying / bothersome / to fret / to be peevish
lower millstone / tray of a mill
erosion / abrasion
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 grumble / to chatter away incessantly
whetstone / millstone
to rub lightly / to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally / to pester; to nag
to polish
grinding machine / grinder
to feel embarrassed
lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass)
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
abrasive material
attrition rate
to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
mill; grain mill; millstone
to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather
variant of 磨練|磨练
variant of 蘑菇
variant of 摩拳擦掌
to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate
to torture / to torment
to idle on the job
to grumble / to chatter
facial scrub
miller
a polished stone (neolithic) implement
millstone grit
(dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle
(dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹
to feel unembarrassed; to be at ease / (dialect) to be convinced; to come round
to sharpen / to grind (knife blades)
milling machine
millstone grit / coarse sandstone
sander; sanding machine
incessant complaining
to talk until one is blue in the face
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
to grind up
pumice stone
friction blister


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