"磨" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 磨损 | mó sǔn | to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨练 | mó liàn | to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨难 | mó nàn | a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨合 | mó hé | to break in / to wear in | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨擦 | mó cā | variant of 摩擦[mo2 ca1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨蹭 | mó ceng | to rub lightly / to move slowly / to dawdle / to dillydally / to pester / to nag | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨砂 | mó shā | to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨灭 | mó miè | to obliterate / to erase | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨砺 | mó lì | to sharpen on grindstone / to improve oneself by practice | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨床 | mó chuáng | grinding machine / grinder | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨料 | mó liào | abrasive material | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨牙 | mó yá | to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨炼 | mó liàn | variant of 磨練|磨练[mo2lian4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨刀 | mó dāo | to hone (a knife) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨光 | mó guāng | to polish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨坊 | mò fáng | mill | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨盘 | mò pán | lower millstone / tray of a mill | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨石 | mó shí | whetstone / millstone | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨碎 | mò suì | to grind up | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨耗 | mó hào | wear and tear / wearing out by friction | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨蚀 | mó shí | erosion / abrasion | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨齿 | mó chǐ | molar tooth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨叨 | mò dao | to grumble / to chatter | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨烦 | mò fan | to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨菇 | mó gu | variant of 蘑菇[mo2 gu5] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨唧 | mó jī | to be very slow / to dawdle | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨机 | mó jī | milling machine | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨叽 | mò ji | (dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨唧 | mò ji | (dialect) to be very slow / to dawdle | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨快 | mó kuài | to sharpen / to grind (knife blades) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨人 | mó rén | annoying / bothersome / to fret / to be peevish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨折 | mó zhé | to torture / to torment | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨子 | mò zǐ | mill / grain mill / millstone | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨子 | mò zi | mill / grain mill / millstone | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 磨嘴 | mó zuǐ | to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 磨刀石 | mó dāo shí | whetstone (for honing knives) | |
| 磨洋工 | mó yáng gōng | to idle on the job | |
| 磨角机 | angle grinder / cutter | | |
| 磨耗层 | wearing strip / wearing course / wearing surface | | |
| 磨耗面 | wearing strip / wearing course / wearing surface | | |
| 磨蚀剂 | abrasive | | |
| 磨不开 | mò bù kāi | to feel embarrassed | |
| 磨得开 | mó de kāi | unembarrassed / without fear of impairing personal relation | |
| 磨得开 | mò de kāi | to feel unembarrassed / to be at ease / (dialect) to be convinced / to come round | |
| 磨豆腐 | mò dòu fu | to grumble / to chatter away incessantly | |
| 磨坊主 | mò fáng zhǔ | miller | |
| 磨工病 | mò gōng bìng | grinder's disease / silicosis / also written 矽末病 | |
| 磨脚石 | mó jiǎo shí | pumice stone | |
| 磨起泡 | mó qǐ pào | friction blister | |
| 磨砂膏 | mó shā gāo | facial scrub | |
| 磨砂机 | mó shā jī | sander / sanding machine | |
| 磨损率 | mó sǔn lu:4 | attrition rate | |
| 磨砂玻璃 | mó shā bō li | frosted glass | |
| 磨拳擦掌 | mó quán cā zhǎng | variant of 摩拳擦掌[mo1 quan2 ca1 zhang3] | |
| 磨穿铁砚 | mó chuān tiě yàn | to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) | |
| 磨杵成针 | mó chǔ chéng zhēn | to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
| 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 | |
| 磨磨蹭蹭 | mó mó cèng cèng | to dillydally / slow-going | |
| 磨破口舌 | mó pò kǒu shé | incessant complaining | |
| 磨破嘴皮 | mó pò zuǐ pí | to talk until one is blue in the face | |
| 磨石砂砾 | mó shí shā lì | millstone grit / coarse sandstone | |
| 磨制石器 | mó zhì shí qì | a polished stone (neolithic) implement | |
| 磨嘴皮子 | mó zuǐ pí zi | to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom) / pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah | |
| 磨破嘴皮子 | mó pò zuǐ pí zi | to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again | |
| 磨石粗砂岩 | mó shí cū shā yán | millstone grit | |
| 磨刀不误砍柴工 | mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng | 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 | |
Approximate Results for 磨 | ||||
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment / to torture | | |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade) / to polish and refine a literary work | | |
| 琢磨 | zuó mo | to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2] | | |
| 耐磨 | nài mó | wear resistant | | |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away | | |
| 打磨 | dǎ mó | to polish / to burnish / to shine | | |
| 研磨 | yán mó | milling / to grind / to polish by grinding / to abrade / whetstone / pestle | | |
| 石磨 | shí mò | grindstone | | |
| 球磨 | qiú mó | see 球磨機|球磨机[qiu2 mo2 ji1] | | |
| 碾磨 | niǎn mó | to mill / to grind / grinding stone | | |
| 磋磨 | cuō mó | to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill | | |
| 电磨 | diàn mò | electric mill (for grinding wheat etc) | | |
| 羯磨 | jié mó | karma (loanword) | | |
| 拉磨 | lā mò | (of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone / (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work | | |
| 揉磨 | róu mo | to torment / to torture | | |
| 拖磨 | tuō mó | dawdling / to waste time | | |
| 现磨 | xiàn mó | freshly ground | | |
| 迂磨 | yū mó | sluggish / delaying | | |
| 转磨 | zhuàn mò | rotary grindstone | | |
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| 球磨机 | qiú mó jī | ball mill | |
| 研磨机 | yán mó jī | grain mill | |
| 水磨石 | shuǐ mó shí | terrazzo | |
| 冰川磨 | moulin / glacier mill | | |
| 辊式磨 | roller mill | | |
| 盘式磨 | plate mill | | |
| 耐磨条 | wearing strip / wearing course / wearing surface | | |
| 棒磨机 | bàng mó jī | rod mill | |
| 角磨机 | jiǎo mó jī | angle grinder | |
| 前磨齿 | qián mó chǐ | premolar tooth | |
| 水磨沟 | Shuǐ mò gōu | Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang | |
| 研磨料 | yán mó liào | abrasive (material) | |
| 研磨盘 | yán mó pán | abrasive disk / sanding disk | |
| 不可磨灭 | bù kě mó miè | indelible | |
| 好事多磨 | hǎo shì duō mó | the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom) | |
| 耳鬓厮磨 | ěr bìn sī mó | lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood | |
| 临阵磨枪 | lín zhèn mó qiāng | lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment | |
| 卸磨杀驴 | xiè mò shā lu:2 | lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful | |
| 切磋琢磨 | qiē cuō zhuó mó | lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences | |
| 水磨切割 | hydro-abrasive cutting / water-jet cutting | | |
| 垃圾磨碎 | garbage grinding | | |
| 酷刑折磨 | kù xíng zhé mó | torture and cruel treatment | |
| 软磨硬泡 | ruǎn mó yìng pào | to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole | |
| 水磨沟区 | Shuǐ mò gōu qū | Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang | |
| 降妖伏磨 | xiáng yāo fú mó | to conquer all kinds of demons | |
| 消磨时间 | xiāo mó shí jiān | to kill time | |
| 细磨刀石 | xì mò dāo shí | whetstone (for honing knives) | |
| 研磨材料 | yán mó cái liào | abrasive / grinding material | |
| 坐标磨床 | zuò biāo mó chuáng | jig grinder | |
| 多用磨房机 | multi-purpose power unit | | |
| 有磨蚀作用的 | abrasive | | |
| 有钱能使鬼推磨 | yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò | lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done / money talks | |
| 反酷刑折磨公约 | fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē | UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) | |
| 懒驴上磨屎尿多 | lǎn lu:2 shàng mò shǐ niào duō | (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing | |
| 气缸盖阀门研磨机 | cylinder head valve grinder | | |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn | If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
| 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 | dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu | (proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study | |
