mo

grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone

HSK 6 #1537

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

zhé mó to torment; to torture
zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
zuó mo to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
合 mó hé to break in; to wear in
蹭 mó ceng to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag
xiāo mó to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
损 mó sǔn wear and tear; abrasion
难 mó nàn a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
坊 mò fáng mill
练 mó liàn to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance
dǎ mó polish; grind
牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar
灭 mó miè to obliterate; to erase
yán mó milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle
床 mó chuáng grinding machine; grinder
不可灭 bù kě mó miè indelible
擦 mó cā variant of 摩擦[mo2 ca1]
砺 mó lì to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice
炼 mó liàn see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]
好事多 hǎo shì duō mó the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
光 mó guāng to polish
刀 mó dāo to hone (a knife)
刀石 mó dāo shí whetstone (for honing knives)
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
石 shuǐ mó shí terrazzo
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