拖磨
tuō mó
Pinyin

Definition

拖磨
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tuō mó
  1. dawdling
  2. to waste time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
拖
tuō
  1. 1 variant of 拖[tuō]
拖鞋
tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
磨
mó
  1. 1 to rub
  2. 2 to grind
  3. 3 to polish
  4. 4 to sharpen
  5. 5 to wear down
  6. 6 to die out
  7. 7 to waste time
  8. 8 to pester
  9. 9 to insist
磨坊
mò fáng
  1. 1 mill
打磨
dǎ mó
  1. 1 polish
  2. 2 grind
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拖住
tuō zhù
  1. 1 to hold up
  2. 2 to hinder
  3. 3 to stall
拖地
tuō dì
  1. 1 to mop the floor
  2. 2 (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground
  3. 3 full-length
拖延
tuō yán
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to put off
  3. 3 to procrastinate
拖后腿
tuō hòu tuǐ
  1. 1 to impede
  2. 2 to obstruct
  3. 3 to hold back
拖把
tuō bǎ
  1. 1 mop
拖拉
tuō lā
  1. 1 to drag along
  2. 2 to haul
  3. 3 (fig.) to procrastinate
  4. 4 shilly-shallying
  5. 5 sluggish
  6. 6 (computing) drag and drop
  7. 7 (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
拖拉机
tuō lā jī
  1. 1 tractor
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
拖拖拉拉
tuō tuō lā lā
  1. 1 to procrastinate
拖欠
tuō qiàn
  1. 1 in arrears
  2. 2 behind in payments
  3. 3 to default on one's debts
拖沓
tuō tà
  1. 1 dilatory
  2. 2 sluggish
  3. 3 muddled
  4. 4 roundabout
拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. wading in mud and water
  2. 2 a slovenly job
  3. 3 sloppy
拖累
tuō lěi
  1. 1 to encumber
  2. 2 to be a burden on
  3. 3 to implicate
拖走
tuō zǒu
  1. 1 to drag away

Idioms (15)

刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切磋琢磨
qiē cuō zhuó mó
  1. 1 lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
卸磨杀驴
xiè mò shā lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
  2. 2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
好事多磨
hǎo shì duō mó
  1. 1 the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
磨刀霍霍
mó dāo huò huò
  1. 1 lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prepare to attack
  3. 3 to be getting ready for battle
磨嘴皮子
mó zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
  2. 2 to talk incessant nonsense
  3. 3 blah blah
磨杵成针
mó chǔ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  2. 2 to study diligently
磨破嘴皮子
mó pò zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out one's lips (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk until one is blue in the face
  3. 3 to repeat again and again
磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn
  1. 1 to grind one's way through an ink stone
  2. 2 to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
  3. 3 to study diligently (idiom)
耳鬓厮磨
ěr bìn sī mó
  1. 1 lit. heads rubbing together (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very close relationship
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)

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