消磨 xiāomó while away Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 消磨 xiāomó while away verb to spend or pass time in a leisurely or idle manner 他在咖啡馆里消磨了一个下午。 tā zài kāfēiguǎn lǐ xiāomó le yī gè xiàwǔ. He idled away an afternoon in the cafe. wear down verb to gradually wear down, sap, or weaken something over time, such as willpower or spirit 漫长的等待消磨了他的斗志。 màncháng de děngdài xiāomó le tā de dòuzhì. The long wait wore down his morale. Frequency Movie subtitles 3.76 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 2.60 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
消磨 xiāomó while away verb to spend or pass time in a leisurely or idle manner 他在咖啡馆里消磨了一个下午。 tā zài kāfēiguǎn lǐ xiāomó le yī gè xiàwǔ. He idled away an afternoon in the cafe. wear down verb to gradually wear down, sap, or weaken something over time, such as willpower or spirit 漫长的等待消磨了他的斗志。 màncháng de děngdài xiāomó le tā de dòuzhì. The long wait wore down his morale. Frequency Movie subtitles 3.76 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 2.60 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
