火候 meaning in Chinese
1.(火力大小、时间长短) duration and degree of heating, cooking, smelting, ect.: 这鸡烤得正到火候。 this roast hen is done to a turn.
2.(功夫深浅) level of attainment 短语和例子
3.(紧急时刻) a crucial moment 短语和例子
Examples
- This roast hen is done to a turn .
这鸡烤得正到火候。 - His skill has matured .
他的技术到火候了。 - High on that staircase were the rooms in which he had crammed for his degree, upon the system by which the scholar simmers on the fire of cramming .
在这道楼梯上面的是一些房间，为了学位，他曾经在那里头临急抱过佛脚，在那种制度下，学生就在死记硬背的火候上慢慢地烧着熬着。 - The fires may be as hot as 1400 degrees celsius
火候可能要达到1400摄氏度。 - The egg is hard ; you didn ' t time it properly
鸡蛋煮老了，你没掌握好火候。