Character

磨 mó mo mò

grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone

HSK 6 #1537

磨 mó	to rub to grind to polish to sharpen to wear down to die out to waste time to pester to insist
磨 mò	grindstone to grind to turn round

折磨 zhé mó HSK 6	to torment; to torture
琢磨 zhuó mó HSK 6	to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
琢磨 zuó mo HSK 6	to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
磨合 mó hé HSK 6	to break in; to wear in
磨蹭 mó ceng	to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag
消磨 xiāo mó	to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
磨损 mó sǔn	wear and tear; abrasion
磨难 mó nàn	a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
磨坊 mò fáng	mill
磨练 mó liàn	to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance
打磨 dǎ mó	polish; grind
磨牙 mó yá	to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar
磨灭 mó miè	to obliterate; to erase
研磨 yán mó	milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle
磨床 mó chuáng	grinding machine; grinder
不可磨灭 bù kě mó miè	indelible
磨擦 mó cā	variant of 摩擦[mo2 ca1]
磨砺 mó lì	to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice
磨炼 mó liàn	see 磨練\|磨练[mo2 lian4]
好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó	the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
磨光 mó guāng	to polish
磨刀 mó dāo	to hone (a knife)
磨刀石 mó dāo shí	whetstone (for honing knives)
磨刀霍霍 mó dāo huò huò	lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom); fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
水磨石 shuǐ mó shí	terrazzo

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