xiāo mó

消磨 (xiāo mó) is a Chinese word meaning “to wear down; to sap; to whittle away”.

Meanings

  1. 1to wear down
  2. 2to sap
  3. 3to whittle away
  4. 4to while away
  5. 5to idle away

Characters in 消磨

消xiāo · to diminish; to subside磨mó · to rub

Related words

消息(piece of) news; information消失to disappear; to fade away取消to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind折磨to torment; to torture消灭to put an end to消防firefighting消除to eliminate磨to rub磨grindstone消to diminish; to subside消化to digest (food)琢磨to carve and polish (jade)

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