磨 ⇒
折磨 zhémó, to torment/to torture
磨 mó/mò, to rub/to grind/to polish/to sharpen/to wear down/to die out/to waste time/to pe...
琢磨 zhuómó/zuómo, to carve and polish (jade)/to polish and refine a literary work, to ponder/to mu...
磨蹭 móceng, to rub lightly/to move slowly/to dawdle/to dillydally/to pester/to nag
消磨 xiāomó, to wear down/to sap/to whittle away/to while away/to idle away
磨损 mósǔn, [磨損], wear and tear/abrasion
磨难 mónàn, [磨難], a torment/a trial/tribulation/a cross (to bear)/well-tried
磨坊 mòfáng, mill
磨练 móliàn, [磨練], to temper oneself/to steel oneself/self-discipline/endurance
打磨 dǎmó, polish/grind
磨牙 móyá, to grind one's teeth (during sleep)/pointless arguing/(coll.) molar
推磨 磨合 móhé, to break in/to wear in
磨灭 mómiè, [磨滅], to obliterate/to erase
磨床 móchuáng, grinding machine/grinder
研磨 yánmó, milling/to grind/to polish by grinding/to abrade/whetstone/pestle
不可磨灭 bùkěmómiè, [不可磨滅], indelible
水磨 磨砺 mólì, [磨礪], to sharpen on grindstone/to improve oneself by practice
磨擦 mócā, variant of 摩擦[mó cā]
临阵磨枪 磨炼 móliàn, [磨煉], see 磨練|磨练[mó liàn]
好事多磨 hǎoshìduōmó, the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
磨光 móguāng, to polish
磨刀 módāo, to hone (a knife)
磨砂玻璃 磨刀石 módāoshí, whetstone (for honing knives)
软磨 磨刀霍霍 módāohuòhuò, lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)/fig. to prepare to attack/to be getting read...
磨合期 磨工 耐磨 nàimó, wear resistant
十年磨一剑 水磨石 shuǐmóshí, terrazzo
磨洋工 móyánggōng, to idle on the job
磨光机 拉磨 水磨坊
擦 ⇒
擦 cā, to wipe/to erase/rubbing (brush stroke in painting)/to clean/to polish
擦伤 cāshāng, [擦傷], to abrade/to scrape/to chafe/to graze/abrasion/friction burn/scratch
摩擦 mócā, friction/rubbing/chafing/fig. disharmony/conflict/also written 磨擦
擦屁股 cāpìgu, (lit.) to wipe one’s ass/(coll.) to clear up sb else's mess
擦掉 cādiào, to wipe
擦肩而过 cājiānérguò, [擦肩而過], brief encounter/to brush past sb
擦亮 cāliàng, to polish
擦拭 cāshì, to wipe clean
擦洗 cāxǐ, to clean (with water or alcohol)/to wipe and wash/to swab/to scrub
擦痕 擦边球 cābiānqiú, [擦邊球], lit. to hit a ball or shuttlecock on the sideline/fig. to skirt the line legally...
摩拳擦掌 móquáncāzhǎng, fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)/to roll up one's sleeves fo...
磨擦 mócā, variant of 摩擦[mó cā]
黑板擦 橡皮擦 xiàngpícā, eraser/rubber/CL:塊|块[kuài]
擦澡 cāzǎo, to rub oneself down with a wet towel/to take a sponge bath
摩擦力 mócālì, friction
板擦 bǎncā, blackboard eraser
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