煮熟
zhǔ shóu
Pinyin

Definition

煮熟
 - 
zhǔ shóu
  1. to boil thoroughly
  2. to cook thoroughly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

成熟
chéng shú
  1. 1 mature
  2. 2 ripe
  3. 3 to mature
  4. 4 to ripen
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu]
煮
zhǔ
  1. 1 variant of 煮[zhǔ]
熟
shú
  1. 1 cooked (of food)
  2. 2 ripe (of fruit)
  3. 3 mature (of seeds)
  4. 4 familiar
  5. 5 skilled
  6. 6 done
  7. 7 also pr. [shóu]
熟悉
shú xī
  1. 1 to be familiar with
  2. 2 to know well
催熟
cuī shú
  1. 1 to promote ripening of fruit
早熟
zǎo shú
  1. 1 precocious
  2. 2 early-maturing
煮沸
zhǔ fèi
  1. 1 to boil
煮熟
zhǔ shóu
  1. 1 to boil thoroughly
  2. 2 to cook thoroughly
煮开
zhǔ kāi
  1. 1 to boil (food)
煮饭
zhǔ fàn
  1. 1 to cook
熟人
shú rén
  1. 1 acquaintance
  2. 2 friend
熟睡
shú shuì
  1. 1 asleep
  2. 2 sleeping soundly
熟练
shú liàn
  1. 1 practiced
  2. 2 proficient
  3. 3 skilled
  4. 4 skillful
眼熟
yǎn shú
  1. 1 familiar-looking
  2. 2 to seem familiar
半生不熟
bàn shēng bù shóu
  1. 1 underripe
  2. 2 half-cooked
  3. 3 (fig.) not mastered (of a technique)
  4. 4 clumsy
  5. 5 halting
娴熟
xián shú
  1. 1 adept
  2. 2 skilled
常熟
Cháng shú
  1. 1 Changshu county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Sū zhōu], Jiangsu
常熟市
Cháng shú Shì
  1. 1 Changshu county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Sū zhōu], Jiangsu
未熟
wèi shú
  1. 1 unripe
水煮蛋
shuǐ zhǔ dàn
  1. 1 boiled egg
  2. 2 soft-boiled egg

Idioms (12)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
熟能生巧
shú néng shēng qiǎo
  1. 1 with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
熟语
shú yǔ
  1. 1 idiom
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
  1. 1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
耳熟能详
ěr shú néng xiáng
  1. 1 what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
轻车熟路
qīng chē shú lù
  1. 1 lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do sth routinely and with ease
  3. 3 a walk in the park
驾轻就熟
jià qīng jiù shú
  1. 1 lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy
  2. 2 a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back

Sample Sentences

煮熟的鸭子飞了”是指已经到手的东西丢了。
zhǔshúdeyāzifēile ”shì zhǐ yǐjīng dàoshǒu de dōngxi diū le 。
“A cooked duck flies away.” means to lose something one almost got.
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他以为这个工作是他的，因为他非常地有把握，但是在最后一轮面试的时候却让煮熟的鸭子飞了。
tā yǐwéi zhège gōngzuò shì tā de ，yīnwèi tā fēicháng de yǒu bǎwò ，dànshì zài zuìhòu yī lún miànshì de shíhou què ràng zhǔshúdeyāzifēile 。
He thought the job would be his because he was so sure of it. But he didn’t pass the last round of interviews, and he lost the job he almost got.
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可能是自己在面试的时候说错了话，或是别人太厉害抢走了这个工作机会，所以才让煮熟的鸭子飞了。
kěnéng shì zìjǐ zài miànshì de shíhou shuō cuò le huà ，huòshì biéren tài lìhai qiǎng zǒu le zhège gōngzuò jīhuì ，suǒyǐ cái ràng zhǔshúdeyāzifēile 。
Perhaps he misspoke during the interview. Or other people did really well and got the job. So he ended up losing the opportunity he almost got.
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篮球队原本可以赢这个比赛，却因为轻敌，让煮熟的鸭子飞了。
lánqiú duì yuánběn kěyǐ yíng zhège bǐsài ，què yīnwèi qīngdí ，ràng zhǔshúdeyāzifēile 。
The basketball team could have won the game, but they lost the game because they were underestimating their opponent.
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