消磨 meaning in English

xiāomó

to wear down; to sap

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Meaning of 消磨

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xiāomó

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu些xiē人rén为wéi了le消xiāo磨mó时shí间jiān而ér读dú书shū。

Some read books to kill time.

我wǒ在zài街jiē上shàng散sàn步bù，消xiāo磨mó时shí间jiān。

I strolled along the streets to kill time.

我wǒ试shì着zhe消xiāo磨mó时shí间jiān。

I was trying to kill time.

两liǎng个gè老lǎo人rén打dǎ牌pái消xiāo磨mó著zhù时shí间jiān。

The two old men while away the time playing cards.

消xiāo磨mó时shí间jiān的de最zuì有yǒu效xiào办bàn法fǎ当dāng然rán还hái是shì聊liáo天tiān吹chuī牛niú侃kǎn大dà山shān。

The most effective way to kill time, of course, is chatting, bragging, and having wild conversations.

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Words that share a character with 消磨.

消息	xiāoxi	(piece of) news; information; message
消失	xiāoshī	to disappear; to fade away
取消	qǔxiāo	to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费	xiāofèi	to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消化	xiāohuà	to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
消除	xiāochú	to eliminate; to remove
消防	xiāofáng	firefighting; fire control
消毒	xiāodú	to disinfect; to sterilize
消极	xiāojí	negative; passive
消费者	xiāofèizhě	consumer
消灭	xiāomiè	to put an end to; to annihilate
消耗	xiāohào	to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend

What does 消磨 mean?

消磨 (xiāomó) means "to wear down; to sap".

How do you write 消磨?

消磨 is made of 2 characters: 消 (10 strokes), 磨 (16 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.