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消磨

xiāomó

to wear down

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Meaning of 消磨 in English

xiāomóHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9897
  1. to wear down
  2. to sap
  3. to whittle away
  4. to while away
  5. to idle away

Example sentences

  1. 我试着消磨时间。
    wǒ shì zhe xiāo mó shí jiān。
    I was trying to kill time.
    Tatoeba #501603 by fucongcong · #1703 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

消 on its own →
xiāo · to diminish; to subside

HSK words with 消

取消HSK 4消息HSK 4消费HSK 5消化HSK 5消极HSK 5消失HSK 5消费者HSK 5消除HSK 6消毒HSK 6消防HSK 6
磨 on its own →
mó · to rub

HSK words with 磨

磨HSK 7–9打磨HSK 7–9磨合HSK 7–9磨炼HSK 7–9磨难HSK 7–9磨损HSK 7–9折磨HSK 7–9琢磨HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences