煎熬 jiān áo

  1. jiān áo verb to suffer; to torture; to torment
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '煎熬'; Guoyu '煎熬' 2; Mathews 1931 '煎熬', p. 121)
  2. jiān áo verb to simmer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 熬煮 (Guoyu '煎熬' 1; Mathews 1931 '煎熬', p. 121)

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