Read Edit View history 砥砺 dǐlì to hone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 砥砺 砥礪 dǐlì to hone to sharpen or hone; to temper or discipline oneself by enduring hardships to encourage to encourage or urge one another forward whetstone (literary) a stone used for sharpening tools; a grindstone Frequency Written text 0.285 per million Cross-References Synonym 磨炼 móliàn勉励 miǎnlì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
砥砺 砥礪 dǐlì to hone to sharpen or hone; to temper or discipline oneself by enduring hardships to encourage to encourage or urge one another forward whetstone (literary) a stone used for sharpening tools; a grindstone Frequency Written text 0.285 per million Cross-References Synonym 磨炼 móliàn勉励 miǎnlì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)