I was trying to kill time.
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磨
mó
HSK 3.0 · 6
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mó · mo4 (Jyutping)
- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
mò · mo4 (Jyutping)
- grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round
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磨
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
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