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- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
- to rub lightly
- to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally
- to pester; to nag
- (of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone
- (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work
- to polish and rub
- (fig.) to torment; to torture
- (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
Trad. 磨損
- to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
Trad. 水磨溝
- Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
Trad. 磨得開
- to feel unembarrassed; to be at ease
- (dialect) to be convinced; to come round
Trad. 磨杵成針
- to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
- to study diligently
Trad. 磨穿鐵硯
- to grind one's way through an ink stone
- to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
- to study diligently (idiom)
Trad. 軟磨硬泡
- to coax and pester (idiom)
- to wheedle
- to cajole
- lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
- fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
Trad. 磨製石器
- a polished stone (neolithic) implement
- the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
Trad. 臨陣磨槍
- lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom)
- fig. to make preparations only at the last moment
Trad. 耳鬢廝磨
- lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom)
- fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
Trad. 水磨溝區
- Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
Trad. 卸磨殺驢
- lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
- fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
- lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)
- fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
- to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
- to talk incessant nonsense
- blah blah
- to wear out one's lips (idiom)
- to talk until one is blue in the face
- to repeat again and again
Trad. 懶驢上磨屎尿多
- (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
Trad. 反酷刑折磨公約
- UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
Trad. 有錢能使鬼推磨
- lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
- fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
Trad. 磨刀不誤砍柴工
- 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