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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
- 熬磨[word]live through painfully; keep bothering
- 熬光棍[word]live alone
- 熬刑[word]put up with cruel tortures, refusing to admit the charge
- 熬头儿[word]hope for a better life after enduring hardships
- 熬出物[word]decoction
- 熬夜[word]stay up all night
- 熬汤骨[word]soupbone
- 熬糖[word]stir off
- 熬日子[word]pine away days
- 熬更守夜[idiom]keep watch all night
- 熬枯受淡[idiom]drag through a monotonous life