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煎熬

jiān áo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

煎熬 (jiān áo) means "to suffer; to torture; to torment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 煎熬 means

1. to suffer
2. to torture
3. to torment
4. ordeal
5. suffering
6. torture
7. torment

The characters in 煎熬

• 煎jiānto pan fry; to sauté
• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure

Example sentences

• 他们的煎熬过了。
  Their ordeal is over.

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