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Cutting and Polishing

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 sessata kuma
 절차탁마
Cutting and Polishing Scroll

切磋琢磨 literally means “cutting, filing, carving, polishing” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

Originally describing polishing jade, 切磋琢磨 became a metaphor for people refining one another through study or interaction.

This can have the following interpretations:
To learn by exchanging ideas or experiences.
Mutual encouragement (to improve).
Cultivating one's character by studying hard.
Peers improving each other.
Mutual refinement.
Diligent application.

Intellectual sharpening.

In the context of self-reflection, it can mean discussing and pondering.

切磋琢磨 is probably the closest philosophical equivalent to “iron sharpens iron.”

To cut and polish each other

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 xiāng qiē xiāng cuō
 sousetsu sousa
To cut and polish each other Scroll

相切相磋 means, “to cut and polish each other” or “mutual cutting and polishing.”

This is an original Chinese phrase (also known in Japan), though it matches the idea of “Iron sharpens iron; so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17).

This was derived at some point from the Chinese phrase, 切磋琢磨, which means “cutting, filing, carving, polishing.”


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Characters

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 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

切磋琢磨

see styles		 qiē cuō zhuó mó
    qie1 cuo1 zhuo2 mo2
ch`ieh ts`o cho mo
    chieh tso cho mo
 sessatakuma
    せっさたくま

More info & calligraphy:

Cutting and Polishing
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom); fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
(noun/participle) (1) (yoji) cultivating one's character by studying hard; diligent application; (2) (yoji) mutual encouragement (to improve)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Cutting and Polishing切磋琢磨sessata kuma
sessatakuma
sesata kuma
To cut and polish each other相切相磋sousetsu sousa
sousetsusousa
sosetsu sosa		xiāng qiē xiāng cuō
xiang1 qie1 xiang1 cuo1
xiang qie xiang cuo
xiangqiexiangcuo		hsiang ch`ieh hsiang ts`o
hsiangchiehhsiangtso
hsiang chieh hsiang tso


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