消磨 (siu1 mo4 | xiao1 mo2) : wear down ; fritter away ; idle away ; while away

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消磨

siu1 mo4

xiao1 mo2

wear down ; fritter away ; idle away ; while away

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

消磨

This word has been viewed 2727 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 13th Jun 2007 09:10 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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消 siu1 - vanish; disperse; quench
磨 mo4 mo6 - rub; grind; wear down; mill

1 compounds containing this word:

消磨時間 - kill time, pass the time

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我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

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Decimal representation of this word: 消磨

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