熬áo
? ? (把糧食等放在水里，煮成糊狀) cook (cereals,etc.) into porridge or thick soup:～ 粥 cook [make] gruel；
湯快～ 干了。 The soup is overstewed,it's nearly dried up.
? （把東西放在容器里久煮） extract sth.'s essence by long boiling:～ 鹽 make salt by boiling seawater；～ 藥 decoct Chinese medicine by boiling and simmering medicinal herbs,etc. in water
? （忍受） endure;hold out;go through;bear;stand:～ 過苦役 endure the hard labour；～ 過苦難的歲月 go through years of suffering and privation；～ 紅了眼睛 stay up till one's eyes become bloodshot；
我不知道窮人們是怎樣 ～ 過那些寒冬的。 I don't know how poor people got through those cold winters. 我坐在他旁邊，苦苦 ～ 了兩個鐘頭。 Seated beside him,I bore the ordeal for two hours. 仲夏酷暑尤其令人難 ～。 It is particularly difficult to bear up against the midsummer heat.
另見 see also āo。
◆熬煎 suffering;torture；
熬夜 stay up late;stay up all night;work or gamble until deep into the night;burn the midnight oil