1.to boil thoroughly2.to cook thoroughly
Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
1.lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes2.fig. to waste valuable resources3.to destroy wantonly beautiful things
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
生米煮成熟饭生米煮成熟飯 1.the rice is cooked2.what's done is done3.it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
温水煮青蛙溫水煮青蛙 (fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance; gradual change that goes unnoticed until it's too late
煮熟的鸭子飞了煮熟的鴨子飛了 1.the cooked duck flew away (proverb)2.(fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers