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锅
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Definitions
- 1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron
- 2. pot-shaped thing
Words Containing 锅
electric rice cooker
bowl cut (hairstyle)
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)
large round baked wheat pancake
to fail
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
tinker
hotpot
to block a shot (basketball)
frying pan
to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof
one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom)
see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]
to season a wok
frying pan
trivet
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅[bēi hēi guō]) to carry the can
wok
\mandarin ducks\ pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
colander
paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
air fryer
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
saucepan lid
stew pot
a still (for distilling alcohol)
pressure cooker
to hunch one's back (coll.)
to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
pressure cooker
a humpback bridge
shabu-shabu (loanword)
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot
(lit.) a pot of porridge
pan
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
wok spatula
a deep fryer
see 連鍋端|连锅端[lián guō duān]
top of a kitchen range
the bottom of a pot or pan
pot; pan; wok; cauldron
kitchen utensils (literary)
steamer
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
meal cooked in a large pot
casserole
non-stick pan
to be made a scapegoat
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
steamer (for cooking)
to cook again
fried dumpling
fondue
twice-cooked pork
(sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)
stove
to casserole
(neologism c. 2020) to shift the blame; to pass the buck
colander
see 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuàn guō zi]
portable steam engine
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
coal burning boiler
cooking pot
hot pot
(chemical engineering) reaction vessel; reaction tank
reused cooking oil
see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡|吃着碗里，看着锅里[chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ]
boiler
iron cooking pot
a big wok