Usage of the character 熬
āo
熬
[熬]
- to boil; to simmer
áo
熬
[熬]
- to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct
- to endure
áojiān
熬煎
[熬煎]
- suffering
- torture
áoyào
熬药
[熬藥]
- to decoct medicinal herbs
nán'áo
难熬
[難熬]
- (of pain or hardship) hard to bear
áoyè
熬夜
[熬夜]
- to stay up late or all night
jiān'áo
煎熬
[煎熬]
- to suffer
- to torture
- to torment
- ordeal
- suffering
- torture
- torment
āofū
熬稃
[熬稃]
- puffed grain
- popped wheat
- popcorn
kǔ'áo
苦熬
[苦熬]
- to endure (years of suffering)
áogāo
熬膏
[熬膏]
- to simmer to a paste
áotour
熬头儿
[熬頭兒]
- (coll.) the reward of one's efforts
- the light at the end of the tunnel
áochūtóu
熬出头
[熬出頭]
- to break clear of all the troubles and hardships
- to achieve success
- to make it
áogēngshǒuyè
熬更守夜
[熬更守夜]
- to stay up through the night (idiom)
xífù'áochéngpó
媳妇熬成婆
[媳婦熬成婆]
- lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
- fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
- what goes around comes around
duōniánxífù'áochéngpó
多年媳妇熬成婆
[多年媳婦熬成婆]
- see 媳婦熬成婆／媳妇熬成婆 (xífù'àochéngpó)