烹调 (烹調)
pēng tiáo
Pinyin

Definition

烹调 (烹調)
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pēng tiáo
  1. to cook
  2. cooking

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

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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