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熬

áo

Definition

to cook on a slow fire
to extract by heating
to decoct
to endure

Other pronunciations

āo

to boil
to simmer

Character Decomposition

Related words (9)

to burn the midnight oil; to be up all night (doing something); to stay up all night; to stay up late

suffering; torture

to simmer to a paste

to decoct medicinal herbs

to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it

(coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel

to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment

to endure (years of suffering)

hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)

Idioms (2)

áo gēng shǒu yè

to stay up through the night (idiom)

媳妇熬成婆

xí fù áo chéng pó

(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

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