to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
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grindstone / to grind / to turn round
to torment / to torture
to rub lightly / to move slowly / to dawdle / to dillydally / to pester / to nag
to carve and polish (jade) / to polish and refine a literary work
to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. []
to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away
to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out
a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
mill
to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
to break in / to wear in
to obliterate / to erase
grinding machine / grinder
to sharpen on grindstone / to improve oneself by practice
to polish / to burnish / to shine
milling / to grind / to polish by grinding / to abrade / whetstone / pestle
indelible
to feel embarrassed
annoying / bothersome / to fret / to be peevish
to polish
to hone (a knife)
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
whetstone (for honing knives)
(lit.) to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / (fig.) to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle
to grumble / to chatter
(dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹[]
to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom) / pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
miller
mill / grain mill / millstone
to feel unembarrassed / to be at ease / (dialect) to be convinced / to come round
to sharpen / to grind (knife blades)
to torture / to torment
attrition rate
abrasive material
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
milling machine
to idle on the job
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