切磋琢磨 Save Sign in to save words qiēcuōzhuómó ㄑㄧㄝ ㄘㄨㄛ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences Character by character 切(qiē)cut 磋(cuō)polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools 琢(zhuó)cut 磨(mó)rub A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0