熬头儿

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

to boil / to simmer

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

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns

leader

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final