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to suffer
shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
fried egg
to lightly fry
to fry
frying pan
jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe
suffering
to dry and roast over a low fire
fried dumpling
pan-fried bun
pan-fried dumpling
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On the table, there was a plate with three fried eggs on it.
Source: Tatoeba #13539391 · CC BY 2.0 FRWe made pancakes for breakfast.
Source: Tatoeba #503212 · CC BY 2.0 FRI cannot fry these eggs. They are rotten.
Source: Tatoeba #1866580 · CC BY 2.0 FRI use a frying pan at least once a day.
Source: Tatoeba #13556456 · CC BY 2.0 FRTheir job is to fry the potatoes.
Source: Tatoeba #7771921 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.