煎 jiān
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 前 in front, forward 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
煎熬
jiān'áo
torment; suffering; to suffer torment
Characters in this word
熬 áo
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 敖 to ramble, to play about 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 等待调查结果的三个月，对涉事家庭来说是一场漫长的煎熬。 Děngdài diàochá jiéguǒ de sān ge yuè, duì shèshì jiātíng lái shuō shì yì chǎng màncháng de jiān'áo. The three months spent waiting for the investigation results were a long torment for the family involved.
- 等待面试结果的那几天，对她是一种煎熬。 Děngdài miànshì jiéguǒ de nà jǐ tiān, duì tā shì yì zhǒng jiān'áo. The few days of waiting for the interview result were torture for her.
- 看着孩子发烧，妈妈在病房外煎熬了一整夜。 Kàn zhe háizi fāshāo, māma zài bìngfáng wài jiān'áo le yì zhěng yè. Watching her child run a fever, the mother agonized outside the ward all night.
Related words
- 煎 jiān to pan-fry; to decoct; to boil down
- 熬 áo to boil; to simmer; to endure
- 惊慌失措 jīnghuāngshīcuò to panic and be at a loss
- 情结 qíngjié complex; fixation; emotional knot
- 恼羞成怒 nǎoxiūchéngnù to fly into a rage out of shame; to become angry from embarrassment
- 轻蔑 qīngmiè to scorn; contemptuous; disdainful
- 岂有此理 qǐyǒucǐlǐ outrageous; preposterous; absurd
- 情不自禁 qíngbúzìjīn unable to restrain one's feelings; involuntarily
- 惊动 jīngdòng to alarm; to disturb; to alert
- 狼狈 lángbèi in a sorry state; embarrassed; awkward
- 忙乱 mángluàn flustered; in a hurried mess
- 目瞪口呆 mùdèngkǒudāi dumbfounded; stunned speechless