烹
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to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
Formation & memory
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Words with 烹
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 治大国若烹小鲜 | ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom); effective government requi… | |
| 烹调术 | cookery | |
| 狡兔死，走狗烹 | see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1] | |
| 兔死狗烹 | (lit.) when the rabbit is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked (idiom); (fig.) to discard or … | |
| 烹制 | to cook; to prepare (food) | |
| 烹调 | to cook | |
| 烹茶 | to brew tea | |
| 烹饪法 | cuisine; culinary art; cookery; recipe | |
| 烹煮 | to cook; to boil | |
| 烹饪 | cooking; culinary arts |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 亨 — compare how they read.