熬出头 áochūtóu to see the light at the end of the tunnel Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 熬 áo adjectivenoun to endure to hold out; to suffer through difficult times出头 出頭 chūtóu to free oneself To free oneself from a difficult situation, misery, or persecution; to make it through a hard time.