Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 熟

ripe; mature
thoroughly cooked; done
familiar; acquainted
experienced; skilled
(of sleep etc) deep; profound
also pr. (shóu)

to swindle associates, friends or relatives

to be well acquainted with
to know well

acquaintance
friend

to cure
to mature

silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)

quite familiar with sth

ripening in autumn (of crops)

to look familiar
familiar-looking

(of wine, cheese, beef etc) to age; to mature

Changshu, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州／苏州 ( Sūzhōu), Jiangsu

to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked

worked material
chamotte (refractory ceramic material)

thoroughly cooked
well done (of steak)

deliberation

adept
skilled

cultivated land
in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)

familiar-looking
to seem familiar

to sound familiar
familiar-sounding

to boil thoroughly
to cook thoroughly

to be well acquainted with

to promote ripening of fruit

familiar with one another

mature and sophisticated woman

completely ripe
ripened
well-cooked

practiced
proficient
skilled
skillful

to be proficient in

familiar
close

to learn by heart; to memorize

frequent visitor

abandoned land

cooked food
prepared food
deli food

well cooked
to know thoroughly

to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it

careful thought

asleep
sleeping soundly

precocious; early-maturing

unripe

to get familiar with

skilled person
an experienced hand

familiar words
known Chinese character

to be familiar with; to know well

to understand profoundly
well-versed
skillful
practiced
to have the knack

to know sth fluently
well-versed

familiar road
well-trodden path

wrought iron

cooked food (ready to eat)

mature; ripe
to mature; to ripen
Taiwan pr. (chéngshou)

idiom

skillful
proficient

familiar road
beaten track

medium well (of steak)

deli; delicatessen

xìngchéngshú

sexual maturity

instant noodles

semiskilled

plaster of Paris
calcined gypsum

medium rare (of steak)

familiar road
well-trodden path

medium (of steak)

to know a lot of people

rare (of steak)

slaked lime
hydrated lime

pasteurized beer

Chángshú Shì

Changshu, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州／苏州 ( Sūzhōu), Jiangsu

sexual intimacy

ěrshúnéngxiáng

what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)

guāshúdìluò

when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time

qīngchēshúlù

lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom)
fig. to do sth routinely and with ease
a walk in the park

bànshēngbùshóu

underripe
half-cooked
(fig.) not mastered (of a technique)
clumsy
halting

to pay no attention to a familiar sight; to ignore

shúrén-shúshì

(idiom) to be familiar with; to have regular dealings with

shēnsīshúlü

mature reflection
after careful deliberations

shúnéngshēngqiǎo

with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect

uncommon meaning of a common word

shēngmǐshúfàn

abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
It's too late to change anything now.

shúménshúlù

familiar

jiàqīngjiùshú

lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy
a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back

chéngshúfēnliè

meiosis (in sexual reproduction)

gǔnguālànshú

lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
to know sth inside out
to know sth by heart

rénshēngdìbùshú

人生地不熟

[人生地不熟]

to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom)
in an unfamiliar place without friends or family

rénshēnglùbùshú

人生路不熟

[人生路不熟]

everything is unfamiliar

shēngmǐzuòchéngshúfàn

生米做成熟饭

[生米做成熟飯]

lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
It's too late to change anything now.
also written 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭

yīhuíshēng'èrhuíshú

一回生二回熟

[一回生二回熟]

unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)

shēngmǐzhǔchéngshúfàn

生米煮成熟饭

[生米煮成熟飯]

the rice is cooked
what's done is done
it's too late to change anything now (idiom)

yīhuíshēngliǎnghuíshú

一回生两回熟

[一回生兩回熟]

see 一回生二回熟 (yīhuíshēng'èrhuíshú)

zhǔshúdeyāzifēile

煮熟的鸭子飞了

[煮熟的鴨子飛了]

the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
(fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers

yīcìshēng,liǎngcìshú

一次生，两次熟

[一次生，兩次熟]

unfamiliar at first but you get used to it
strangers are first meeting, but soon friends
an acquired taste