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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.cook on a slow fire
熬粥
cook porridge
让汤多熬一会儿吧。
Leave the soup simmer for a while.
熬糖浆
boil syrup
- 2
v.endure
苦日子熬到头了。
The bitter days are over.
他熬红了眼睛。
His eyes are blood-shot as a result of staying up late.
他总算熬出头了。
His hard times were over finally.
Words and phrases with 熬
- 熬光棍[word]live alone
- 熬药[word]decoct medicinal herbs
- 熬磨[word]live through painfully; keep bothering
- 熬出物[word]decoction
- 熬头儿[word]hope for a better life after enduring hardships
- 熬月子[word]look after a lying-in woman
- 熬油[word]waste lamp oil by not sleeping at night; extract oil by heating
- 熬汤骨[word]soupbone
- 熬煎[word]suffer
- 熬枯受淡[idiom]drag through a monotonous life
- 熬更守夜[idiom]keep watch all night