开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 燃料 rán liào fuel 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 烹饪 烹飪 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts syn 煤气 煤氣 méi qì coal gas / gas (fuel) 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking syn 夹心 夾心 jiā xīn to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions 燃油 rán yóu fuel oil 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 柴油 chái yóu diesel fuel 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 禁烟 禁煙 jìn yān to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729) 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 加料 jiā liào to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material) 燃气 燃氣 rán qì fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc) 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 推波助澜 推波助瀾 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire syn 油料 yóu liào oilseed / oil / fuel 炊事 chuī shì cooking syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 油库 油庫 yóu kù fuel depot / fuel farm 炊具 chuī jù cooking utensils / cookware / cooker 铁锅 鐵鍋 tiě guō iron cooking pot 五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking syn 燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 核燃料 hé rán liào nuclear fuel 油耗 yóu hào fuel consumption 燃煤 rán méi coal fuel 节油 節油 jié yóu to economize on gasoline / fuel-efficient 调匀 調勻 tiáo yún to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly syn 液化气 液化氣 yè huà qì liquid gas / bottled gas (fuel) 后处理 後處理 hòu chǔ lǐ spent fuel reprocessing / fuel reprocessing 排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle) 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine 燃料电池 燃料電池 rán liào diàn chí fuel cell 主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe) 灶具 zào jù stove / cooker / (dialect) cooking utensils syn 文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 油罐车 油罐車 yóu guàn chē oil tanker truck / fuel tanker 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 拔丝 拔絲 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 清油 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil syn 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 薪 xīn (literary) firewood / fuel / (bound form) salary syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 汽锅 汽鍋 qì guō steamer (for cooking) 粉煤 fěn méi pulverized fuel 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 荛 蕘 ráo fuel / grass 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs 耗油量 hào yóu liàng fuel consumption 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 推进剂 推進劑 tuī jìn jì propellant / rocket fuel 燃料库 燃料庫 rán liào kù fuel depot 鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 救焚益薪 jiù fén yì xīn add firewood to put out the flames (idiom) / fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire 积薪厝火 積薪厝火 jī xīn cuò huǒ to add fuel to the flames 固体高分子膜燃料电池车 固體高分子膜燃料電池車 proton exchange membrane fuel cell / polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell / PEM fuel cell / solid polymer fuel cell 燃料棒束 rán liào bàng shù fuel bundle / fuel cluster / fuel element cluster / rod cluster 藻类燃料 zǎo lèi rán liào algae fuel / algal fuel 柔性燃料车 flexible fuel vehicle / flex-fuel vehicle 核反应堆燃料装卸机 fuel loading machine / nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machine 燃料经济性的缺陷 燃料經濟性的缺陷 fuel penalty / fuel economy penalty 前方燃料库 前方燃料庫 qián fāng rán liào kù forward area fuel storage / forward fuel storage 燃料元件 rán liào yuán jiàn fuel assembly / fuel cell 乏燃料后处理 乏燃料後處理 spent fuel reprocessing / fuel reprocessing 氧化铀燃料 氧化鈾燃料 yǎng huà yóu rán liào uranium oxide fuel / oxide fuel 燃料储存所 燃料儲存所 rán liào chǔ cún suǒ fuel holding farm / fuel farm / tank farm 陶瓷燃料 táo cí rán liào ceramic nuclear fuel / ceramic fuel 虚释热元件 虛釋熱元件 xū shì rè yuán jiàn dummy fuel cell / dummy fuel element 出饭 出飯 chū fàn (coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking) 回锅油 回鍋油 huí guō yóu reused cooking oil 天妇罗 天婦羅 tiān fù luó tempura / deep-fried cooking / also called 甜不辣[tian2 bu4 la4] 底汁 dǐ zhī stock (cooking) / base (of sauce or gravy) 料持 liào chí to arrange / to manage / to attend to / to take care of / to look after (the cooking) 治大国若烹小鲜 治大國若烹小鮮 zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention 