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  *鍋* | 鍋* | *鍋
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL: , 隻|只
HSK 5
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot; a block
HSK 7-9
(lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess
HSK 7-9
kitchen utensils (literary)
non-stick pan
fryer
(of food) to burst out of the pot / (fig.) to be in an uproar
to hunch one's back (coll.) / a hunchback
frying pan
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot
(Tw) electric rice cooker
iron cooking pot
fried dumpling / potsticker
boiler
the bottom of a pot or pan / hotpot broth
pressure cooker
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
a big wok / cauldron
to cook again / to rewarm food
stew pot / stew pan / saucepan
casserole / earthenware pot
wok spatula; cooking spatula
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
a deep fryer
steamer
to put into the pot (to cook)
saucepan lid / (satellite) dish
to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
pressure cooker
meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit
to be unable to afford food
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
pressure cooker (Tw)
to fail
to block a shot (basketball)
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy
steamer (for cooking)
to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations
top of a kitchen range
claypot (used in cooking)
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
erhua variant of 羅鍋|罗锅
twice-cooked pork
variant of 砂鍋|砂锅
wok / frying pan
portable steam engine
a humpback bridge
cooking pot
(neologism c. 2017) to shift the blame; to pass the buck
nabeyaki egg noodles
non-stick pan (Tw)
pan
shabu-shabu (loanword) / Japanese hot pot
"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
bowl cut (hairstyle)
trivet / pot-holder
colander
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
reused cooking oil
fondue
to casserole / to stew / vacuum flask / cooker
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅) to carry the can; to be a scapegoat
budae jjigae, a type of Korean stew
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom) / one bad apple spoils the barrel
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
(dialect) to set up separate households / (sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat
(chemical engineering) reaction vessel; reaction tank
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
colander / strainer / sieve / leaky pot
frying pan
coal burning boiler
a still (for distilling alcohol)
air fryer
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
tinker / artisan who fixes leaky pots
stove / cooking burner
large round baked wheat pancake


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