to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure

to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment

(of pain or hardship) hard to bear

to stay up late or all night

suffering; torture

(old) popped glutinous rice (term used during the Song dynasty)

to simmer to a paste

to decoct medicinal herbs

to endure (years of suffering)

to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it

(coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel

to stay up through the night (idiom)

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom); fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor; what goes around comes around

see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]