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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	熬	熬	áo	ao2	to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
2	多年媳妇熬成婆	多年媳婦熬成婆	duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó	duo1 nian2 xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2	see 媳妇熬成婆
3	熬出头	熬出頭	áo chū tóu	ao2 chu1 tou2	to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it
4	熬膏	熬膏	áo gāo	ao2 gao1	to simmer to a paste
5	熬更守夜	熬更守夜	áo gēng shǒu yè	ao2 geng1 shou3 ye4	to stay up through the night (idiom)
6	熬煎	熬煎	áo jiān	ao2 jian1	suffering; torture
7	熬头儿	熬頭兒	áo tou r	ao2 tou5 r5	(coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel
8	熬药	熬藥	áo yào	ao2 yao4	to decoct medicinal herbs
9	熬夜	熬夜	áo yè	ao2 ye4	to stay up late or all night
10	寒冷难熬	寒冷難熬	hán lěng nán áo	han2 leng3 nan2 ao2	The bitter cold is unbearable. (idiom)
11	煎熬	煎熬	jiān áo	jian1 ao2	to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
12	苦熬	苦熬	kǔ áo	ku3 ao2	to endure (years of suffering)
13	难熬	難熬	nán áo	nan2 ao2	hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
14	受尽煎熬	受盡煎熬	shòu jìn jiān áo	shou4 jin4 jian1 ao2	to be subjected to all kinds of suffering (idiom)
15	媳妇熬成婆	媳婦熬成婆	xí fù áo chéng pó	xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2	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
16	眼睛熬红	眼睛熬紅	yǎn jing áo hóng	yan3 jing5 ao2 hong2	eyes red with fatigue