磨
mó
to rub
to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
他每天早上都磨刀，刀很快就变锋利了。
tā měi tiān zǎo shang dōu mó dāo, dāo hěn kuài jiù biàn fēng lì le。
He sharpens the knife every morning, and the knife quickly becomes sharp.
孩子一直磨着妈妈买玩具，妈妈没办法只好答应了。
hái zi yī zhí mó zhe māma mǎi wán jù, māma méi bàn fǎ zhǐ hǎo dā ying le。
The child kept pestering his mom to buy a toy, and she had no choice but to agree.
Words with 磨
酷刑折磨
kù xíng zhé mó
torture and cruel treatment
电磨
diàn mò
electric mill (for grinding wheat etc)
不可磨灭
bù kě mó miè
indelible
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
切磋琢磨
qiē cuō zhuó mó
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
卸磨杀驴
xiè mò shā lǘ
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
反酷刑折磨公约
fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
好事多磨
hǎo shì duō mó
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
角磨机
jiǎo mó jī
angle grinder
懒驴上磨屎尿多
lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working
打磨
dǎ mó
to polish; to burnish; to shine