pēng

烹 (pēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to boil; to brew (tea)
  2. 2to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce
  3. 3(old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)

Related words

烹饪cooking; culinary arts烹调to cook烹制to cook烹饪法cuisine兔死狗烹lit. when the rabbit is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked (idiom)治大国若烹小鲜ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)烹煮to cook烹茶to brew tea烹调术cookery狡兔死，走狗烹see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1]

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