"磨" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Structure
Decomp. 麻石
Prononciation
Mandarin mó; mò
Entry Methods
Pinyin mo2; mo4
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Cangjie
IDMR
戈木一口
Sijiao 26.1
Wubi YSSD
CNS 11643 1-7153
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Unicode U+78E8
GB2312 C4A5
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Results for 磨
 mó to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
 mò grindstone / to grind / to turn round
Results beginning with 磨
 mó sǔn to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out
 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
 mó nàn a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
 mó hé to break in / to wear in
 mó cā variant of 摩擦[mo2 ca1]
 mó ceng to rub lightly / to move slowly / to dawdle / to dillydally / to pester / to nag
 mó shā to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass)
 mó miè to obliterate / to erase
 mó lì to sharpen on grindstone / to improve oneself by practice
 mó chuáng grinding machine / grinder
 mó liào abrasive material
 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
 mó liàn see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]
 mó dāo to hone (a knife)
 mó guāng to polish
 mò fáng mill
 mò pán lower millstone / tray of a mill
 mó shí whetstone / millstone
 mò suì to grind up
 mó hào wear and tear / wearing out by friction
 mó shí erosion / abrasion
齿 mó chǐ molar tooth
 mò dao to grumble / to chatter
 mò fan to pester / to bother sb incessantly / to delay / to prevaricate
 mó gu variant of 蘑菇[mo2 gu5]
 mó jī to be very slow / to dawdle
 mó jī milling machine
 mò ji (dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5]
 mó kuài to sharpen / to grind (knife blades)
 mó rén annoying / bothersome / to fret / to be peevish
 mó zhé to torture / to torment
 mò zǐ mill / grain mill / millstone
 mò zi mill / grain mill / millstone
 mó zuǐ to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather
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 mó dāo shí whetstone (for honing knives)
 mó yáng gōng to idle on the job
  angle grinder / cutter
  wearing strip / wearing course / wearing surface
  wearing strip / wearing course / wearing surface
  abrasive
 mò bù kāi to feel embarrassed
 mó de kāi unembarrassed / without fear of impairing personal relation
 mò dòu fu to grumble / to chatter away incessantly
 mò fáng zhǔ miller
 mò gōng bìng grinder's disease / silicosis / also written 矽末病
 mó jiǎo shí pumice stone
 mó qǐ pào friction blister
 mó shā gāo facial scrub
 mó shā jī sander / sanding machine
 mó sǔn lu:4 attrition rate
 mó quán cā zhǎng variant of 摩拳擦掌[mo1 quan2 ca1 zhang3]
穿 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
 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
 mó dāo huò huò lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle
 mó mó cèng cèng to dillydally / slow-going
 mó pò kǒu shé incessant complaining
 mó pò zuǐ pí to talk until one is blue in the face
 mó shí shā lì millstone grit / coarse sandstone
 mó zhì shí qì a polished stone (neolithic) implement
 mó zuǐ pí zi to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom) / pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
 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
 mó shí cū shā yán millstone grit
 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
 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]
 nài mó wear resistant
 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away
 dǎ mó to polish / to burnish / to shine
 yán mó milling / to grind / to polish by grinding / to abrade / whetstone / pestle
 shí mò grindstone
 qiú mó see 球磨機|球磨机[qiu2 mo2 ji1]
 niǎn mó to mill / to grind / grinding stone
 diàn mò electric mill (for grinding wheat etc)
 jié mó karma (loanword)
 róu mo to torment / to torture
 tuō mó dawdling / to waste time
 xiàn mó freshly ground
 yū mó sluggish / delaying
 zhuàn mò rotary grindstone
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 qiú mó jī ball mill
 yán mó jī grain mill
 shuǐ mó shí terrazzo
  moulin / glacier mill
  roller mill
  plate mill
  wearing strip / wearing course / wearing surface
 bàng mó jī rod mill
 jiǎo mó jī angle grinder
齿 qián mó chǐ premolar tooth
 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
 yán mó liào abrasive (material)
 yán mó pán abrasive disk / sanding disk
 bù kě mó miè indelible
 hǎo shì duō mó the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
 ěr bìn sī mó lit. heads rubbing together (idiom) / fig. very close relationship
 xiè mò shā lu:2 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
 qiē cuō zhuó mó lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
  hydro-abrasive cutting / water-jet cutting
  garbage grinding
 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment
 ruǎn mó yìng pào to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
 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
 xiáng yāo fú mó to conquer all kinds of demons
 xiāo mó shí jiān to kill time
 xì mò dāo shí whetstone (for honing knives)
 yán mó cái liào abrasive / grinding material
 zuò biāo mó chuáng jig grinder
  multi-purpose power unit
  abrasive
使 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
 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
尿 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
  cylinder head valve grinder
 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
 dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
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