endure; bear; put up with

cook on a slow fire; extract by long heating

suffering; torment; torture

make porridge; (slang) to talk for hours on the telephone (lit., "boil congee");

to boil porridge; to talk for a long time on the phone

stewed cabbage

stay up late synonym [粵] 捱夜

to chicken out [colloquial]

an expression used by fellow criminals to mock fellow criminals who have gone 'straight' to earn a living through honest means [colloquial]