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磨
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.grind down; wear out
她被疾病磨垮了。
She is worn down by the illness.
这病真磨人！
What a torment this illness is!
他被这场病磨得一下子老了十几岁。
The illness has aged him by more than ten years.
- 2
v.fmlrub
磨破
wear out
磨个洞
wear a hole
我的脚上磨了几个大泡。
I get some big blisters on ny feet from the rubbing.
- 3
v.grind; polish
磨镜片
grind a lens
磨剪子
sharpen scissors
把小麦磨成面粉
grind wheat into flour
- 4
v.trouble; annoy
她跟我磨个没完，我脱不开身。
She kept plaguing me and I could not get away.
他不答应，你就跟他磨。
If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
这个孩子可真磨人。
What an annoying child he is.
- 5
v.obliterate; die out
磨灭
obliterate
- 6
v.waste time; idle
赶紧走吧，别再磨时间了。
Stop dawdling and get going.
别闲磨大好的时光！
Don't idle away your precious time.
磨洋工
dawdle over one's work
Words and phrases with 磨
- 磨难[word]hardship
- 磨洋工[word]dawdle over one's work
- 磨石子[word]terrazzo
- 磨制石器[word]polished stone implements
- 磨配[word]grinding-in
- 磨剂[word]grinding composition
- 磨洗[word]wash by rubbing; corrode
- 磨圆[word]rounding
- 磨快[word]sharpen
- 磨嘴皮子[idiom]jabber; do a lot of talking
- 磨拳擦掌[idiom]now written as 摩拳擦掌
- 磨刀擦枪[idiom]keep one's weapon bright for the day of battle
- 磨磨蹭蹭[idiom]move slowly
- 磨杵成针[idiom]little strokes fell great oaks
- 磨穿铁砚[idiom]study diligently and assiduously
- 磨砺以须[idiom]at full cock
- 磨刀霍霍[idiom]be busily sharpening one's weapons
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "mó", "磨" means a variety of actions; when pronounced as "mò", it refers specifically to the mill used to process grain and its extended meaning, such as "磨盘", "磨面粉".