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琢磨
zhuómó
1. to carve and polish (jade)
2. to polish and refine a literary work
HSK 6 Common • Top 11%

Character Breakdown

琢
zuó
to polish jade; to cut jade
HSK 6 12 丶
磨
mó
millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
HSK 6 16 丶

Compound Words (1)

切磋琢磨
qiēcuōzhuómó
gradual improvement by slow polishing (idiom); fig. education as a gradual process

Alternate Entries

琢磨
zuómo
to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. <zhuómó>
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
9,336 of 84,292