断生

斷生
duànshēng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (of food) to be cooked just past raw; to lose its raw state

Examples

Shūcài xià guō chǎo dào duànshēng jí kě.
Stir-fry the vegetables just until they lose their rawness — that's enough.
Ròupiàn yào kuàisù fānchǎo duànshēng.
The meat slices need to be quickly stir-fried just past raw.

Tips

culture
Cooking-instruction term: literally 'cut off the rawness.' For Chinese stir-fry the standard timing — meat or vegetables are cooked only enough to no longer be raw, preserving texture and color. Distinct from (quánshú, 'fully cooked').

Stroke Order

duàn
shēng