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磨牙

mó yá

2-character word

What 磨牙 means

to grind one's teeth (during sleep)
pointless arguing
colloquialmolar

The characters in 磨牙

磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
牙yátooth; ivory

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The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mó yá correctly.
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