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
灭 ⇒
毁灭 huǐmiè, [毀滅], to perish/to ruin/to destroy
消灭 xiāomiè, [消滅], to put an end to/to annihilate/to cause to perish/to perish/annihilation (in qua...
灭 miè, [滅], to extinguish or put out/to go out (of a fire etc)/to exterminate or wipe out/to...
灭绝 mièjué, [滅絕], to extinguish/to become extinct/to die out
灭亡 mièwáng, [滅亡], to be destroyed/to become extinct/to perish/to die out/to destroy/to exterminate
熄灭 xīmiè, [熄滅], to stop burning/to go out (of fire)/to die out/extinguished
破灭 pòmiè, [破滅], to be shattered/to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
灭火 mièhuǒ, [滅火], to extinguish a fire/firefighting
灭口 mièkǒu, [滅口], to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret/to silence sb
扑灭 pūmiè, [撲滅], to eradicate/to extinguish
毁灭性 huǐmièxìng, [毀滅性], destructive/devastating
自生自灭 zìshēngzìmiè, [自生自滅], to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
灭火器 mièhuǒqì, [滅火器], fire extinguisher
歼灭 jiānmiè, [殲滅], to wipe out/to crush/to annihilate
灰飞烟灭 huīfēiyānmiè, [灰飛煙滅], lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)/fig. to be annihilated/to vanis...
灭迹 湮灭 yīnmiè, [湮滅], to destroy/to disappear/annihilation
覆灭 fùmiè, [覆滅], destruction
灭顶之灾 磨灭 mómiè, [磨滅], to obliterate/to erase
幻灭 huànmiè, [幻滅], (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish/to evaporate/(of a person) to become disillusio...
灭种 mièzhǒng, [滅種], to commit genocide/to become extinct/extinction of a race
泯灭 mǐnmiè, [泯滅], to obliterate/to die out/to disappear
不可磨灭 bùkěmómiè, [不可磨滅], indelible
灭鼠 灭菌 mièjūn, [滅菌], to sterilize
灭虫剂 灭绝人性 mièjuérénxìng, [滅絕人性], to be devoid of all humanity/inhuman/bestial
大义灭亲 dàyìmièqīn, [大義滅親], to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family i...
剿灭 jiǎomiè, [剿滅], to eliminate (by armed force)
杀灭 shāmiè, [殺滅], to exterminate
灭火枪 殒灭 绝灭 juémiè, [絕滅], to annihilate/to exterminate/extinction
灭音器 mièyīnqì, [滅音器], muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
灭火剂