acquire smoky taste; be smoke-tainted
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
(of food) to acquire a smoky taste from cooking over a wood fire; to be permeated with smoke
Typically refers to rice, steamed buns, or other foods that unintentionally absorb smoke flavor when cooked over traditional wood-burning stoves, often due to wind blowing back into the stove or insufficient chimney draft.
Zhè这
fàn饭
chuàn串
yān烟
le了
，
chī吃
qǐ起
lái来
yī一
gǔ股
chái柴
huǒ火
wèi味
。
This rice has absorbed smoke; it tastes like firewood.
Fēng风
cóng从
zào灶
kǒu口
dào倒
guàn灌
jìn进
lái来
，
guō锅
lǐ里
de的
mán馒
tou头
dōu都
chuàn串
yān烟
le了
。
Wind blew back into the stove, and all the steamed buns in the pot got smoke-tainted.
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Suī虽
rán然
chái柴
huǒ火
fàn饭
róng容
yì易
chuàn串
yān烟
，
dàn但
shì是
bǐ比
diàn电
fàn饭
guō锅
zuò做
de的
xiāng香
。
Although rice cooked over firewood easily acquires a smoky taste, it tastes better than rice from an electric cooker.