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炊
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Definitions
- 1. to cook food
Words Containing 炊
smoke from kitchen chimneys
lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
to light a fire and cook a meal
cooking utensils
to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing)
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
cooking
cook
cooking vessels (archaeology)