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煎熬
jiān'áo
Description
“煎熬”是说心里很痛苦，好像被火慢慢烧一样，很难受。
"煎熬" means feeling very painful inside, as if being slowly burned by fire, very uncomfortable.
等结果的时候，那几天真是一种煎熬。
Waiting for the result, those few days were truly a煎熬.
Meanings
煎熬jiān'áo
to suffer; torment; mental agony
这段时间他每天都在煎熬。
He has been suffering every day during this period.
煎熬jiān'áo
suffering; torment (as a state)
等待是最大的煎熬。
Waiting is the greatest torment.
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Notes
- Etymology
煎 (to fry) + 熬 (to simmer); both cooking words, extended to slow mental torment.
- Nuance
stresses prolonged, drawn-out suffering, often while waiting or enduring hardship.
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