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消磨

xiāo mó

2-character word

What 消磨 means

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

The characters in 消磨

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish

Example sentences

• 我试着消磨时间。
  Wǒ shìzhe xiāomóshíjiān.
  I was trying to kill time.
• 我在街上散步，消磨时间。
  Wǒ zài jiēshang sànbù, xiāomóshíjiān.
  I strolled along the streets to kill time.
• 两个老人打牌消磨着时间。
  Liǎng gè lǎorén dǎpái xiāomó zhe shíjiān.
  The two old men while away the time playing cards.
• 有些人为了消磨时间而读书。
  Some read books to kill time.
• 消磨时间的最有效办法当然还是聊天吹牛侃大山。
  The most effective way to kill time, of course, is chatting, bragging, and having wild conversations.

Words starting with 消磨

• 消磨时间xiāo mó shí jiānto kill time