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消磨

xiāo mó

C1–C2 Level 7

消磨 (xiāo mó) is a Chinese word meaning “to wear down”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to wear down
  2. to sap
  3. to whittle away
  4. to while away
  5. to idle away

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).