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烧

shāo verb B1

Traditional: 燒

  1. to burn; to set on fire
  2. to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)
  3. to braise
  4. to cook; to prepare food
  5. to run a fever
  6. fever
  7. (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
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他又要所有的草灰(我们这里煮饭是烧稻草的,那灰,可以做沙地的肥料),待我们启程的时候,他用船来载去。
鲁迅作品选, p. 16 · C2
夫以甲兵不完,城郭不固,军不经练,粮不继日,然而博望烧屯,白河用水,使夏侯惇、曹仁辈心惊胆裂。
三国演义(第四十三回), p. 5 · C2
  一个人飞奔去迎,走到半路,遇着胡屠户来,后面跟着一个烧汤的二汉,提着七八斤肉,四五千钱,正来贺喜。
儒林外史, p. 44 · C2

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