ér

胹

Character · Verb

boil; stew until tender

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to boil; to cook or stew until soft and tender

archaic

Literary/Classical Chinese. Found in pre-Qin and Han dynasty texts describing culinary preparations of meat and turtle. Rarely used in modern spoken Chinese.

ér胹
biē鳖
páo炮
gāo羔
 ，
yǒu有
zhè柘
jiāng浆
xiē些
 。

Boiled turtle and roasted lamb, with hawthorn sauce to wash it down. (From 'Summoning the Soul' in the Songs of Chu)

pēng烹
ér胹
yú鱼
ròu肉
 ，
yǐ以
shì适
kǒu口
fù腹
 。

Cooking and stewing fish and meat to satisfy the palate. (Literary description of feasting)