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熗

简炝 · 繁熗

Mandarin · pinyin qiàng

to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc
to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further

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炝: qiàng · stir-fry or boil in water or oil then cook with a sauce

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to stir-fry or boil in water or oil and then cook with a sauce
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 嗆 /呛 (qiàng, “to irritate the nose”)

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