熬
áo
Pinyin

Definition

熬
 - 
áo
  1. to cook on a slow fire
  2. to extract by heating
  3. to decoct
  4. to endure
熬
 - 
āo
  1. to boil
  2. to simmer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

熬
āo
  1. 1 to boil
  2. 2 to simmer
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
熬夜
áo yè
  1. 1 to stay up late or all night
熬出头
áo chū tóu
  1. 1 to break clear of all the troubles and hardships
  2. 2 to achieve success
  3. 3 to make it
熬煎
áo jiān
  1. 1 suffering
  2. 2 torture

Idioms (2)

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
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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早早早！我昨晚熬夜追剧来着，没睡饱，早上一睁眼就觉得特累！对啊，你怎么那么精神抖擞的，感觉咱俩之间隔着时差啊！
zǎo zǎo zǎo ！wǒ zuówǎn áoyè zhuījù láizhe ，méi shuì bǎo ，zǎoshang yī zhēng yǎn jiù juéde tè lèi ！duìa ，nǐ zěnme nàme jīngshéndǒusǒu de ，gǎnjué zánliǎ zhījiān gé zhe shíchā ā ！
M-o-r-n-i-n-g, I was up all night catching up with that TV show. I've not slept enough. Once I opened my eyes this morning I felt exhausted. Hey, why are you so full of energy? It's as if there's time difference between us!
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睡眠？这一整年来，我几乎天天熬夜啊，恨不得一分钟掰成四分钟来用，睡眠对我来说简直太奢侈了。
shuìmián ？zhè yī zhěng nián lái ，wǒ jīhū tiāntiān áoyè ā ，hènbude yīfēnzhōng bāi chéng sì fēnzhōng lái yòng ，shuìmián duìwǒláishuō jiǎnzhí tài shēchǐ le 。
Sleep? I've been staying up late every night for almost this entire year. I'm always eager to make more use of my time, so you could say sleeping is like a luxury for me.
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那你得引起重视，晚上十一点到三点是养肝护胆的最佳时间，你如果长期熬夜，就会伤肝伤胆，轻则精神疲倦注意力无法集中，重则造成腑脏失调。
nà nǐ děi yǐnqǐ zhòngshì ，wǎnshàng shíyīdiǎn dào sān diǎn shì yǎng gān hù dǎn de zuìjiā shíjiān ，nǐ rúguǒ chángqī áoyè ，jiù huì shāng gān shāng dǎn ，qīng zé jīngshén píjuàn zhùyìlì wúfǎ jízhōng ，zhòng zé zàochéng fǔzàng shītiáo 。
You should take more care. From 11 at night to three in the morning is the time that the liver recuperates the best. If you stay up late every night, over the long term you'll damage your liver and your gall bladder. The milder consequences mean you'll be less able to keep your concentration if you're tired, while, more seriously, your organs will go out of balance.
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现在我是心有余而力不足了，稍微熬一点儿夜，第二天就忍不住打盹儿。
xiànzài wǒ shì xīnyǒuyúérlìbùzú le ，shāowēi áo yīdiǎnr yè ，dìèrtiān jiù rěnbuzhù dǎdǔnr 。
Now I’ve the will but not the energy and a few late nights and the next day I can’t help snoring.
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喝下这碗汤吧，这是用你此生为她所流的眼泪熬成的，喝下它，就是喝下你对她的爱。
hēxià zhè wǎn tāng ba ，zhè shì yòng nǐ cǐshēng wèi tā suǒ liú de yǎnlèi áo chéng de ，hēxià tā ，jiùshì hēxià nǐ duì tā de ài 。
Drink up your soup, it was made with with all the tears you've shed for her in this life. Drink it up, swallow up your love for her.
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可惜巴西和我们有11个小时的时差。恐怕这次又得熬夜了。
kěxī Bāxī hé wǒmen yǒu shíyī gè xiǎoshí de shíchā 。kǒngpà zhè cì yòu děi áoyè le 。
It's too bad the time difference between us and Brazil is 11 hours. I'm afraid that this time we'll have to stay up all night.
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看你的黑眼圈，昨晚肯定熬夜看球了。
kàn nǐde hēiyǎnquān ，zuówǎn kěndìng áoyè kàn qiú le 。
Looking at the black circles under your eyes, last night you must have stayed up all night watching the game.
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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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孩子一上幼儿园就好多了，感觉像熬出头了。
háizi yī shàng yòuéryuán jiù hǎo duō le ，gǎnjué xiàng áochūtóu le 。
When your child starts kindergarten things get much better. It feels like a breath of fresh air.
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