grindstone; to grind; to turn round

mill

to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag

a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried

to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out

to dillydally; slow-going

to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance

annoying; bothersome; to fret; to be peevish

to polish

to hone (a knife)

to grumble; to chatter

(dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5]

to break in; to wear in

(dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle

to argue pointlessly; to talk incessant nonsense; to blather

mill; grain mill; millstone

grinding machine; grinder

to sharpen; to grind (knife blades)

variant of 磨坊[mo4 fang2]

to torture; to torment

variant of 摩擦[mo2 ca1]

abrasive material

milling machine

to obliterate; to erase

variant of 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]

to pester; to bother sb incessantly; to delay; to prevaricate

to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar

to apply a skin-smoothing effect (in photo editing); to smooth the skin (cosmetic procedure)

lower millstone; tray of a mill

whetstone; millstone

to scrub with an abrasive; to sand; frosted (e.g. glass)

to sharpen on grindstone; to improve oneself by practice

to grind up

wear and tear; wearing out by friction

variant of 蘑菇[mo2 gu5]

erosion; abrasion

to feel embarrassed

whetstone (for honing knives)

miller

to feel unembarrassed; to be at ease; (dialect) to be convinced; to come round

attrition rate

to idle on the job

sander; sanding machine

facial scrub

pumice stone

to grumble; to chatter away incessantly

friction blister

(lit.) to sharpen one's sword (idiom); (fig.) to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle

a polished stone (neolithic) implement