Chinese word dictionary

消磨

xiāomó · to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away

Word information

Simplified消磨
Traditional消磨
Pinyinxiāomó
Part of speech
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 消磨

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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