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| Pronunciation |
: |
mó |
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| Meaning |
: |
- to rub. (v)
- to grind. (v)
- to polish; to sharpen. (v)
- to wear down; to die out. (v)
- to waste time. (v)
- to pester. (v)
- to insist. (v)
|
| Radical |
: |
石 |
| Strokes |
: |
16 |
| Traditional |
: |
磨 |
| Usage |
: |
5.2% |
| Notes |
: |
also as mò |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
|
|
: |
temper oneself; steel oneself |
| 2. |
|
|
: |
wear down; fritter away; idle away; while away |
| 3. |
|
|
: |
obliterate； hardship |
| 4. |
|
|
: |
torment; rack; torture |
Sentences:
| 1. The herbs are ground together. |
| cǎo |
yào |
bèi |
mó |
zài |
yì |
qǐ |
。 |
| 草 |
药 |
被 |
磨 |
在 |
一 |
起 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 草药 |
: |
herbs |
| 被 |
: |
(particle) used to form a set phrase with a passive meaning |
| 磨 |
: |
grind |
| 在一起 |
: |
together |
|
| 2. The work took its toll on us |
| zhè |
gōng |
zuò |
ràng |
wǒ |
men |
shòu |
jìn |
zhé |
mó |
。 |
| 这 |
工 |
作 |
让 |
我 |
们 |
受 |
尽 |
折 |
磨 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 这 |
: |
this |
| 工作 |
: |
work; job |
| 让 |
: |
let |
| 我们 |
: |
us |
| 受尽 |
: |
suffer all kinds of troubles |
| 折磨 |
: |
(n) torment; rack; torture |
|
| 3. Stop torturing me. |
| bù |
yào |
zài |
zhé |
mó |
wǒ |
le |
。 |
| 不 |
要 |
再 |
折 |
磨 |
我 |
了 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 不要 |
: |
don’t |
| 再 |
: |
again; once more |
| 折磨 |
: |
(v) torture |
| 我 |
: |
me |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
|
| 4. We grind up the wheat to make flour. |
| wǒ |
men |
bǎ |
xiǎo |
mài |
mó |
chéng |
miàn |
fěn |
。 |
| 我 |
们 |
把 |
小 |
麦 |
磨 |
成 |
面 |
粉 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 我们 |
: |
we |
| 把 |
: |
particle used to shift the object to before the verb |
| 小麦 |
: |
wheat |
| 磨 |
: |
grind |
| 成 |
: |
become |
| 面粉 |
: |
flour |
|
| 5. He is burnishing the knife. |
| tā |
zhèng |
zài |
mó |
dāo |
。 |
| 他 |
正 |
在 |
磨 |
刀 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 正在 |
: |
in the process of |
| 磨 |
: |
burnish |
| 刀 |
: |
knife |
|
| 6. The inscription on the stone had worn away. |
| kè |
zài |
shí |
tou |
shàng |
de |
wén |
zì |
yǐ |
mó |
sǔn |
le |
。 |
| 刻 |
在 |
石 |
头 |
上 |
的 |
文 |
字 |
已 |
磨 |
损 |
了 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 刻 |
: |
engrave |
| 在 |
: |
at |
| 石头 |
: |
stone |
| 上 |
: |
on |
| 的 |
: |
particle used after an attribute; to |
| 文字 |
: |
script; writing |
| 已 |
: |
already |
| 磨损 |
: |
wear away |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
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