熬

to boil / to simmer

to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure

surname Ao

to ramble / to rove / old variant of 熬[ao2]

"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

variant of 遨[ao2]

to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment

to stay up late or all night

to break clear of all the troubles and hardships / to achieve success / to make it

to stay up through the night (idiom)

suffering / torture

puffed grain / popped wheat / popcorn

to simmer to a paste

to decoct medicinal herbs

(coll.) the reward of one's efforts / the light at the end of the tunnel

see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around