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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[mó]
  1. 1. verb [摩擦] rub
  2. 2. verb [指用磨料] grind
    polish
    sharpen a knife
  3. 3. verb [折磨] wear … down
  4. 4. verb [纠缠] pester
  5. 5. verb [拖延] dawdle
  6. 6. verb [消亡] die out

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[mó]
  1. 1. verb rub; wear
    袜子破了。
    The socks are worn into holes.
    没关系,就破了一点皮。
    Nothing serious. Just a graze.
    他的脚上出了泡。
    His feet were blistered from the rubbing.
  2. 2. verb grind; polish
    rub an ink stick against an inkstone; make ink for writing with a brush
    大理石
    polish marble
    剪子
    grind scissors; sharpen scissors
  3. 3. verb wear down; wear out
    他被这场病得不成样子。
    The illness has worn him down to a mere shadow of his former self.
  4. 4. verb trouble; pester; worry
    他不答应,你就跟他
    If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
    这孩子可真人。
    What a little torment that child is!
  5. 5. verb obliterate; die out
    百世不
    will endure for centuries
  6. 6. verb dawdle; waste time
    快走吧,别再时间了。
    Stop dawdling and get going.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[mó]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 具加工玉石等坚硬材料
    如切如磋,如琢如
  2. 2. 物体之间紧密接触并来回移动
    鞋底破了
    手上出茧子
    墨。
  3. 3. 因时间久而逐渐消失
    灭。
  4. 4. 消耗(时间);拖延
    一上午就这么过去了
    工夫。
  5. 5. ;遇到困难或挫折
    好事多
    难(nàn)。
  6. 6. 纠缠不放
    了半天他也不答应
    硬泡。
  7. 7. 使物体与具反复摩擦,以达到光滑、锋利等目的
    用砂纸

Examples

把镰刀得飞快。
Sharpen the sickles till they are like razors.
鞋底了个窟窿
have worn a hole in the sole of one's shoe
面儿得很光。
The surface has been polished shining bright.
大理石
polish marble
他不答应,你就跟他
If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
我跟他了半天嘴皮子,也没能把他说服。
I failed to bring him around though I talked myself hoarse.
我没功夫跟他嘴皮子。
I can't afford to waste my time arguing with him.

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