Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 熬


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Meaning

to slowly boil sth., stew, to simmer, endure (suffering)

Pronunciation

āo, áo

Explanation

Top: to ramble (The growing plant would grow in all directions and needs the 攵 [= stick in a hand ] against rambling.), bottom: fire

Mnemonic

A rambling flame causes slow: boiling.

Radicals

to ramble, to rove
fire(Also this radical stands for fire.)
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Vocabulary

煎熬 jiān áo to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
难熬 nán áo hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
苦熬 kǔ áo to endure (years of suffering)


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