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  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
mature; ripe / to mature; to ripen / Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
HSK 3
acquaintance / friend
HSK 3
practiced / proficient / skilled / skillful
HSK 4
to be familiar with; to know well
HSK 5
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
fully ripe
plaster of Paris / calcined gypsum
hard-boiled egg
to look familiar / familiar-looking
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
stylish and confident middle-aged woman
the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
instant noodles
precocious; early-maturing
to be well acquainted with / to know well
asleep / sleeping soundly
to be well acquainted with
familiar-looking / to seem familiar
adept / skilled
mature reflection / after careful deliberations
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
skillful / proficient
to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
to learn by heart; to memorize
to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack
familiar
to know sth fluently / well-versed
(idiom) to turn a blind eye to (sth one sees regularly)
wrought iron
to be proficient in
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
(literary) to be very familiar with (sb or sth); well acquainted with; fully conversant with
lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park
frequent visitor
familiar / close
to promote ripening of fruit
cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
to sound familiar / familiar-sounding
slaked lime / hydrated lime
idiom
skilled person / an experienced hand
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
cooked food (ready to eat)
deliberation
familiar road / well-trodden path
well cooked / to know thoroughly
to cure / to mature
familiar words / known Chinese character
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly
abandoned land
(of wine, cheese, beef etc) to age; to mature
completely ripe / ripened / well-cooked
thoroughly cooked; (of steak) well done; (of eggs) hard-boiled
(neologism) middle age; mature age; prime years
worked material / chamotte (refractory ceramic material)
deli; delicatessen
middle-aged man (often with connotations of confidence, success and attractiveness)
medium well (of steak)
medium (of steak)
medium rare (of steak)
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
ripening in autumn (of crops)
rare (of steak)
sexual maturity
tree-ripe
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 / It's too late to change anything now.
skilled worker; journeyman
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
everything is unfamiliar
to know a lot of people
semiskilled
soft-boiled egg
Changshu, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
familiar with one another
meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
unripe
tree-ripe
to get familiar with
(idiom) to be familiar with; to have regular dealings with
pasteurized beer
careful thought
to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
skilled worker; journeyman
uncommon meaning of a common word
to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
familiar road / beaten track
familiar road / well-trodden path
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
(coll.) naturally outgoing with strangers; quick to act like an old acquaintance; sb who has this trait
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back


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