炮
quick stir-fry; bake, dry
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesverb
quick stir-fry thinly sliced meat
Most commonly used for stir-frying lamb or beef slices in Chinese home cooking.
We will have quick-fried lamb for dinner tonight.
The chef is stir-frying lamb slices in the wok.
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This quick-fried lamb is the signature dish of this restaurant.
Northwest Chinese restaurants often serve stir-fried lamb slices.
Mom taught me how to stir-fry tender lamb slices perfectly.
verb
dry by heating; bake
informalUsed for drying wet items by heating them, common in northern Chinese rural contexts.
Put wet clothes on the heated kang, and they will dry quickly from the heat.
After the rainy season, we took our quilts out to the sun to dry them thoroughly.
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You can put freshly washed socks near the heater to dry them quickly.
Grandma often uses an iron pan to dry Chinese medicinal herbs.
The wet towel can be used directly after it dries with heating.