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HSK 5
熬
áo
1.
to cook on a slow fire
2.
to extract by heating
3.
to decoct
4.
to endure
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (11)
煎熬
jiānáo
to suffer
熬夜
áoyè
to stay up late or all night
熬煎
áojiān
suffering
熬稃
āofū
puffed grain
熬膏
áogāo
to simmer to a paste
熬药
áoyào
to decoct medicinal herbs
苦熬
kǔáo
to endure (years of suffering)
难熬
nánáo
hard to bear
熬出头
áochūtóu
to break clear of all the troubles and hardships
熬更守夜
áogēngshǒuyè
to stay up through the night (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xífùáochéngpó
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,704
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,069 of 84,292