煎熬
jiān áo
Pinyin

Definition

煎熬
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jiān áo
  1. to suffer
  2. to torture
  3. to torment
  4. ordeal
  5. suffering
  6. torture
  7. torment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

熬
āo
  1. 1 to boil
  2. 2 to simmer
熬夜
áo yè
  1. 1 to stay up late or all night
煎
jiān
  1. 1 to pan fry
  2. 2 to sauté
煎熬
jiān áo
  1. 1 to suffer
  2. 2 to torture
  3. 3 to torment
  4. 4 ordeal
  5. 5 suffering
  6. 6 torture
  7. 7 torment
煎饼
jiān bǐng
  1. 1 jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe
  2. 2 pancake
  3. 3 classifier: 张 zhāng

Idioms (3)

媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
  1. 1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我可以永远笑着扮演你的配角，在你的背后自己煎熬。
wǒ kěyǐ yǒngyuǎn xiào zhe bànyǎn nǐ de pèijué ，zài nǐ de bèihòu zìjǐ jiānáo 。
I could smile forever as I pretend to be your supporting role, suffering alone behind you.
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他说从小就觉得自己是女人。所以一直很受煎熬，活得很不快乐。有能力以后，就毅然决然做变性手术了。
tā shuō cóngxiǎo jiù juéde zìjǐ shì nǚrén 。suǒyǐ yīzhí hěn shòu jiān áo ，huó de hěn bù kuàilè 。yǒu nénglì yǐhòu ，jiù yìránjuérán zuò biànxìngshǒushù le 。
He said ever since he was a child he felt that he was a woman. So he was constantly feeling tormented, and his life was miserable. When he had the ability, he firmly decided to have a sex change operation.
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不懂爱恨情愁煎熬的我们，
bù dǒng ài hèn qíng chóu jiānáo de wǒmen ，
We who don’t understand love, hate, passion, worry and torment
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