熬
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Definitions
- 1. to cook on a slow fire
- 2. to extract by heating
- 3. to decoct
- 4. to endure
Words Containing 熬
to stay up late or all night
see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
to suffer
to break clear of all the troubles and hardships
to stay up through the night (idiom)
suffering
puffed grain
to simmer to a paste
to decoct medicinal herbs
to endure (years of suffering)
hard to bear