烹
pēng
Pinyin

Definition

烹
 - 
pēng
  1. cooking method
  2. to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

烹调
pēng tiáo
  1. 1 to cook
  2. 2 cooking
烹饪
pēng rèn
  1. 1 cooking
  2. 2 culinary arts
烹煮
pēng zhǔ
  1. 1 to cook
  2. 2 to boil
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
烹
pēng
  1. 1 cooking method
  2. 2 to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)

Idioms (2)

兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
  1. 1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
  2. 2 effective government requires minimal intervention

Sample Sentences

川菜。它料多、麻辣、鲜香、一道菜平均要动用不下十种调味料。所以色、香、味都是最突出的，而且在烹饪方面也不断创新，所以这几年风靡全国。
chuāncài 。tā liàoduō 、málà 、xiānxiāng 、yī dào cài píngjūn yào dòngyòng bùxià shízhǒng tiáowèi liào 。suǒyǐ sè 、xiāng 、wèi dōu shì zuì tūchū de ，érqiě zài pēngrèn fāngmiàn yě bùduàn chuàngxīn ，suǒyǐ zhèjǐnián fēngmǐ quánguó 。
Sichuan food. It has a lot of ingredients, a spicy-numb, fresh and fragrant flavor. On average, a dish will use at least ten spices. So its appearance, fragrance and flavor are all outstanding. And as far as cooking is concerned, there is room for continuing innovation, so it has swept the entire country in recent years.
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对呀，中国地域那么广，各地饮食习惯和口感真是大相径庭，北方偏咸，南方偏甜。拿我们浙菜来说，烹调方法就多以烧、蒸、炖、煨为主，口感清香。
duìya ，Zhōngguó dìyù nàme guǎng ，gèdì yǐnshí xíguàn hé kǒugǎn zhēn shì dàxiāng jìng tíng ，běifāng piān xián ，nánfāng piān tián 。ná wǒmen zhècài láishuō ，pēngtiáo fāngfǎ jiù duō yǐ shāo 、zhēng 、dùn 、wēi wéizhǔ ，kǒugǎn qīngxiāng 。
Yeah, China has such vast territory, the food and drink habits and flavors are poles apart. The north tends towards saltiness and the south tends towards sweetness. In terms of our Zhejiang cuisine, the cooking methods are mainly roasting, steaming, stewing and simmering, and the flavors are light and fragrant.
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还有这口锅。这口锅是用来施“烹刑”的。“烹”就是煮，把人投进开水中活活煮死。
háiyǒu zhè kǒu guō 。zhè kǒu guō shì yònglái shī “pēngxíng ”de 。“pēng ”jiùshì zhǔ ，bǎ rén tóu jìn kāishuǐ zhōng huó huó zhǔ sǐ 。
There's also this pot. This pot is used for “cooking torture”. Here “cooking” means boiling. A person is thrown into the boiling water and boiled to death.
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