| 磨 | mó | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist |
| 磨 | mò | grindstone |
| 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); surname Dao |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 误 | wù | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect |
| 砍 | kǎn | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb |
| 柴 | chái | firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person); surname Chai |
| 工 | gōng | work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor |
| 磨刀 | mó dāo | to hone (a knife) |
