刮垢磨光
guā​gòu​mó​guāng

to polish and refine

  • created sense approved 刮垢磨光 · guā​gòu​mó​guāng · to polish and refine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    guā​gòu​mó​guāng

    to polish and refine

    to scrape off dirt and polish an object until it is shiny

    刮 (literal) → 刮 · guā · to scrape 垢 (literal) → 垢 · gòu · dirt 磨光 (literal) → 磨光 · mó​guāng · to polish

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  • created sense approved 刮垢磨光 · guā​gòu​mó​guāng · to strive for perfection — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    guā​gòu​mó​guāng

    to strive for perfection

    figuratively, to take great pains to train a person, improve one's character, or refine a piece of writing or scholarship to perfection

    刮 (literal) → 刮 · guā · to scrape 垢 (literal) → 垢 · gòu · dirt 磨光 (literal) → 磨光 · mó​guāng · to polish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense