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

Related entries

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)
磨石 móshí
  1. whetstone
  2. millstone
细磨刀石 xìmòdāoshí whetstone (for honing knives)
研磨 yánmó
  1. milling
  2. to grind
  3. to polish by grinding
  4. to abrade
  5. whetstone
  6. pestle