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摩擦

mócā
verbnounHSK 5

“Friction” in Chinese is 摩擦 (mócā).

Meaning

  • friction
  • rubbing
  • chafing
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  • fig. disharmony
  • conflict

Example

两个棍棒相互摩擦能起火。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

móHSK 515 strokesto rubcāHSK 417 strokesto rub; to scratch

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