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The character "烹" derives from the earlier form "亨", which historically encompassed ideas of cooking and ritual offering, and its structure explicitly incorporates the element "火" representing fire, thereby specializing its meaning to denote the process of cooking with heat, particularly through methods like boiling or stewing. This structural elaboration from "亨" to "烹" served to distinguish the culinary action from the more abstract or ritual connotations of its predecessor, leading to a focused semantic application that has persisted in modern usage, where it frequently appears in terms related to cooking techniques and cuisine.
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我喜欢烹饪食物。
妈妈正在烹饪晚餐。
他在厨房烹饪菜肴。
她精心烹饪了这道汤。
烹调需要耐心和技巧。
学习烹饪让我对食物更了解。
因为热爱烹饪，他成为了一名厨师。
在传统的烹饪方法中，慢火烹煮往往能保留食材的原味。