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烹
pēng
1.
cooking method
2.
to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)
Very Common • Top 5%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (9)
烹煮
pēngzhǔ
to cook
烹茶
pēngchá
to brew tea
烹调
pēngtiáo
to cook
烹饪
pēngrèn
cooking
烹调术
pēngtiáoshù
cookery
烹饪法
pēngrènfǎ
cuisine
兔死狗烹
tùsǐgǒupēng
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
狡兔死走狗烹
jiǎotùsǐzǒugǒupēng
see [[兔死狗烹<tùsǐgǒupēng>]]
治大国若烹小鲜
zhìdàguóruòpēngxiǎoxiān
ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 3,460
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,150 of 84,292