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áo
to boil, to simmer; to endure pain
🔤 Pictophonetic: 灬 (fire) provides meaning, 敖 provides pronunciation
HSK 5 ✏️ 14 strokes Common • Top 27%

Words Using 熬 (13)

熬夜
áoyè
HSK 5
to stay up late or all night
áo
HSK 6
to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure
āo
HSK 6
to boil / to simmer
煎熬
jiānáo
to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment
熬稃
āofū
puffed grain / popped wheat / popcorn
熬膏
áogāo
to simmer to a paste
媳妇熬成婆
xífùáochéngpó
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
熬药
áoyào
to decoct medicinal herbs
熬出头
áochūtóu
to break clear of all the troubles and hardships / to achieve success / to make it
熬更守夜
áogēngshǒuyè
to stay up through the night (idiom)
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