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The character 煎 is a phono-semantic compound with two components: the lower one, 灬, is a standard variant of the fire radical (火) used at the bottom of characters, indicating fire or heat; the upper one, 前 (whose independent meaning is 'front'), functions here purely as a phonetic clue. The primary meaning of 煎 is to shallow-fry or sauté food in a small amount of oil. It can also mean to simmer or slow-boil something in liquid, a meaning most commonly encountered in the context of herbal medicine, where raw ingredients are boiled over steady heat to extract their essences, a process known as decoction.
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妈妈在煎鸡蛋。
我喜欢吃煎鱼。
他用小火煎牛排。
煎饺子需要耐心。
奶奶擅长煎葱油饼。
这种药需要煎服。
生活有时是一种煎熬。
他在忍受着内心的煎熬。
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