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磨蚀

mó shí

2-character word Traditional 磨蝕

What 磨蚀 means

1. erosion
2. abrasion

The characters in 磨蚀

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 蚀shíto nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode

Sounds the same

Read mó shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 磨石whetstone; millstone

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