消磨

to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away

Characters and words in 消磨

xia̅o = xi + ao1

to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need

消 = 氵 + 肖 : In front of the aorta, Marie Curie tells the Little Prince that she knows a neat trick how to let the water in his little water bottle disappear. The Little Prince is curious and lets her show her trick, but she just drinks the bottle empty. The Little Prince thinks that this trick is not only a Little Lame.

mó = m + o2

to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist

磨 = 石 + 麻 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) has been tied down in the observatory's kitchen (o2) with ropes made of hemp (麻). He uses a stone (石) to patiently rub (磨) through the ropes.

mò = m + o4

grindstone / to grind / to turn round

Words with 消磨

to kill time

Sentences with 消磨

消磨 currently does not appear in any sentence.