砻 (lóng) - To grind, polish, or husk grain & a millstone or grinding tool.

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砻 · lóng

To grind, polish, or husk grain;

a millstone or grinding tool.

To grind, polish, or husk graina millstone or grinding tool.

Usage highlights

Grind grainPolishingGrinding toolStone millHuskingGrind and polish

Synonyms

  • 磨— to grind, to polish
  • 碾— to crush, to grind

Antonyms

  • 糙— coarse, unrefined

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • They used a stone mill to grind rice (砻谷).
  • The jade was polished to a high sheen (砻光).
  • This is a traditional grain husking tool (砻具).

Collocations

  • Grind grain(砻谷)
  • Polishing(砻砺)
  • Grinding tool(砻具)
  • Stone mill(石砻)
  • Husking(砻糠)
  • Grind and polish(砻磨)

Idioms

  • To grind and polish oneself through study(砻砺自强)
  • Meticulously crafted(精雕细砻)
  • To husk rice and grind wheat(砻稻磨麦)

Cultural background

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  • Historically associated with traditional agricultural processing of grains.
  • The character embodies the concept of refinement through effort, both literal and metaphorical.
  • Its structure combines 'dragon' (龙), suggesting power or transformation, with 'stone' (石), indicating the tool's material.

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