消 |
xiāo sǔn | wear and tear / to wear away over time |
消 |
xiāo | to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take |
损 |
sǔn | to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ |