砥

dǐ
  1. baffle (pier)
  2. whetstone

CEDICT

  1. (literary) fine-grained whetstone
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smooth; level; even
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to grind; to polish
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to temper oneself; to steel oneself
  5. fine-grained whetstone
  6. smooth; level; even
  7. to grind; to polish
  8. to temper oneself; to steel oneself

Wiktionary

  1. 质地细緻、缜密的磨刀石。
  2. 磨。《孙子．九地》「疾战则存，不疾战则亡者，为死地」句下宋．何延锡．注：「砥甲砺刃，并气一力。」
  3. 修养、磨鍊。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

砥砺 dǐlì
  1. whetstone
  2. (lit. and fig.) to hone; to sharpen
  3. to encourage
砥柱 dǐzhù

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厎 zhǐ whetstone
砥砺 dǐlì
  1. whetstone
  2. (lit. and fig.) to hone; to sharpen
  3. to encourage
硎 xíng whetstone
碬 xiá whetstone
磨刀石 módāoshí whetstone (for honing knives)
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