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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

煎熬 [jiān'áo]
  1. 1. verb suffer
    他承受了许多煎熬
    He's experienced a lot of suffering.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

煎熬 [jiān'áo]
  1. 1. 把东西放在油里煎,水里煮;比喻受折磨
    备受煎熬

Examples

由于长期生病,他受尽煎熬
He suffered severely from the lingering illness.
饱受病痛煎熬的那段日子让她终生难忘。
She can never forget the time when she was suffering from disease.
他终于脱离了苦海,从此免受煎熬
He finally got out of the abyss of misery, and will be free from suffering from now on.
备受煎熬
endure the utmost suffering
备受煎熬
苦苦承受炼狱煎熬,才有了今日的成就。
免受煎熬
He is in a bad mood because he is in love.
他心情不好,因为他正忍受爱情的煎熬

Word Decomposition


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