磨

I

mó

rub; wear, grind; polish, wear down; wear out, trouble; pester; worry, obliterate; die out, dawdle; waste time

II

mò

mill; millstones, grind; mill, turn round

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abrade; burnish; grind; mill; milling; strop; whet

【医】 grinding; mill

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abrade; grind; milling

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mó

n. rub, dawdle, delay, hardship

mó

v. dawdle, delay, rub, wear, grind, sharpen, polish

mò

n. grindstone, mill, milling, millstone

mò

v. grind, mill

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1)

mo2

to rub, to grind, to polish, to sharpen, to wear down, to die out, to waste time, to pester, to insist

2)

mo4

grindstone, to grind, to turn round

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1) 磨

mó

动

（摩擦） rub; wear:

磨去 rub off (out);

磨破了嘴皮 talk till one's jaws ache;

袜子磨破了。 The socks are worn into holes.

这种布耐磨。 The cloth wears well.

（研磨） grind; mull; polish:

磨镜片 grind a lens;

磨光玉石 polish a jade;

磨剪子 grind (sharpen) scissors

（折磨） grind down; wear down (out):

被疾病磨垮了 be ground down or worn down by the illness;

生活的折磨 the wear and tear of life;

这病真磨人! What a torment this illness is!

（纠缠） trouble; annoy; pester:

磨爸爸给他买玩具手枪 beg father without stop to buy a toy pistol for him;

别老磨人 ! Don't keep on bothering me.

他不答应， 你就跟他磨。 If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.

（消灭;磨灭） die out; obliterate; efface:

百世不磨 will endure for centuries;

不可磨灭 never be obliterated (effaced)

（消耗时间;拖延） waste time; idle; dawdle:

别闲磨大好时光 ! Don't idle away your precious time.

快走吧， 别再磨时间了。 Stop dawdling and get going.

另见 mò。

2) 磨

mò

名

（弄碎粮食的工具） mill; millstones:

推磨 a hand mill

动

（用磨弄碎粮食） mill; grind:

磨谷物 mill grain;

磨豆腐 make bean curd by grinding soya beans

（掉转） turn round:

磨不开车 too narrow to turn a car round

另见 mó。

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Ⅰ. 磨|磨 [mó] ► to rub ► to grind ► to polish ► to sharpen ► to wear down ► to die out ► to waste time ► to pester ► to insist

Ⅱ. 磨|磨 [mò] ► grindstone ► to grind ► to turn round