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HSK
non-stick pan
frying pan
budae jjigae, a type of Korean stew
pressure cooker
non-stick pan (Tw)
boiler
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
twice-cooked pork
wok / frying pan
(lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess
HSK 7-9
meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit
to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy
iron cooking pot
to put into the pot (to cook)
to casserole / to stew / vacuum flask / cooker
(neologism c. 2017) to shift the blame; to pass the buck
to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
steamer (for cooking)
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅) to carry the can; to be a scapegoat
fried dumpling / potsticker
one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom) / one bad apple spoils the barrel
saucepan lid / (satellite) dish
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot; a block
HSK 7-9
to fail
the bottom of a pot or pan / hotpot broth
coal burning boiler
bowl cut (hairstyle)
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
tinker / artisan who fixes leaky pots
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  *锅* | 锅* | *锅
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL: , 隻|只
HSK 5
kitchen utensils (literary)
pressure cooker
wok spatula; cooking spatula
cooking pot
air fryer
to be unable to afford food
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
a still (for distilling alcohol)
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
colander
to block a shot (basketball)
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
casserole / earthenware pot
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot
top of a kitchen range
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
stew pot / stew pan / saucepan
large round baked wheat pancake
(Tw) electric rice cooker
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
a humpback bridge
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
fondue
colander / strainer / sieve / leaky pot
stove / cooking burner
reused cooking oil
pan
nabeyaki egg noodles
(chemical engineering) reaction vessel; reaction tank
a big wok / cauldron
to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out
trivet / pot-holder
to cook again / to rewarm food
frying pan
portable steam engine
paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
to hunch one's back (coll.) / a hunchback
steamer
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations
(dialect) to set up separate households / (sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat
a deep fryer
"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
shabu-shabu (loanword) / Japanese hot pot
pressure cooker (Tw)
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
fryer
(of food) to burst out of the pot / (fig.) to be in an uproar
claypot (used in cooking)
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
variant of 砂鍋|砂锅
erhua variant of 羅鍋|罗锅


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