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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		爊	爊	[ao1]	/variant of 熬[ao1]/	5386	1
		熬	熬	[[ao1]]	/to simmer; to boil slowly/	153	2
		熬	熬	[[ao2]]	/to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct/to endure/	833	2
		熬出頭	熬出头	[ao2 chu1 tou2]	/to break clear of all the troubles and hardships/to achieve success/to make it/	4526	1
		熬膏	熬膏	[ao2 gao1]	/to simmer to a paste/	5352	1
		熬更守夜	熬更守夜	[ao2 geng1 shou3 ye4]	/to stay up through the night (idiom)/	5108	1
		熬煎	熬煎	[ao2 jian1]	/suffering/torture/	7105	1
		熬頭兒	熬头儿	[ao2 tou5 r5]	/(coll.) the reward of one's efforts/the light at the end of the tunnel/	4156	1
		熬藥	熬药	[ao2 yao4]	/to decoct medicinal herbs/	5861	1
		熬夜	熬夜	[ao2 ye4]	/to stay up late or all night/	5861	1
		熬稃	熬稃	[[ao2fu1]]	/(old) popped glutinous rice (term used during the Song dynasty)/	17	2
		多年媳婦熬成婆	多年媳妇熬成婆	[duo1 nian2 xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2]	/see 媳婦熬成婆\|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]/	2247	1
		煎熬	煎熬	[jian1 ao2]	/to suffer/to torture/to torment/ordeal/suffering/torture/torment/	6547	1
		苦熬	苦熬	[ku3 ao2]	/to endure (years of suffering)/	6576	1
		難熬	难熬	[[nan2ao2]]	/(of pain or hardship) hard to bear/	836	2
		媳婦熬成婆	媳妇熬成婆	[xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2]	/lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)/fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor/what goes around comes around/	4604	1

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