泡汤
pào tāng
Pinyin

Definition

泡汤
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pào tāng
  1. to dawdle
  2. to go slow deliberately
  3. to fizzle out
  4. to have all one's hopes dashed
  5. (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

泡
pāo
  1. 1 puffed
  2. 2 swollen
  3. 3 spongy
  4. 4 small lake (esp. in place names)
  5. 5 classifier for urine or feces
水泡
shuǐ pào
  1. 1 bubble
  2. 2 blister
冲泡
chōng pào
  1. 1 to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
  2. 2 to infuse (tea)
泡妞
pào niū
  1. 1 to pick up girls
  2. 2 to play around with girls
  3. 3 to chase after girls
泡椒
pào jiāo
  1. 1 pickled pepper
泡沫
pào mò
  1. 1 foam
  2. 2 (soap) bubble
  3. 3 (economic) bubble
泡泡
pào pao
  1. 1 bubbles
泡汤
pào tāng
  1. 1 to dawdle
  2. 2 to go slow deliberately
  3. 3 to fizzle out
  4. 4 to have all one's hopes dashed
  5. 5 (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
泡澡
pào zǎo
  1. 1 to bathe
  2. 2 to immerse oneself in a warm bath
泡芙
pào fú
  1. 1 cream puff (loanword)
  2. 2 profiterole
泡菜
pào cài
  1. 1 pickled cabbage
泡饭
pào fàn
  1. 1 to soak cooked rice in soup or water
  2. 2 cooked rice reheated in boiling water
泡面
pào miàn
  1. 1 instant noodles
浸泡
jìn pào
  1. 1 to steep
  2. 2 to soak
  3. 3 to immerse
灯泡
dēng pào
  1. 1 light bulb
  2. 2 see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]
  3. 3 third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
起泡
qǐ pào
  1. 1 to bubble
  2. 2 to foam
  3. 3 to blister
  4. 4 to sprout boils (on one's body)
  5. 5 sparkling (wine etc)
卵泡
luǎn pào
  1. 1 follicle
梦幻泡影
mèng huàn pào yǐng
  1. 1 illusion (Buddhism)
  2. 2 pipe dream
娘泡
niáng pào
  1. 1 variant of 娘炮[niáng pào]
尿泡
suī pao
  1. 1 (dialect) bladder
  2. 2 to urinate

Idioms (5)

一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole

Sample Sentences

一点也没错。而且住这里真幸福，只要搭四十分钟的车就可以来泡汤。
yīdiǎn yě méi cuò 。érqiě zhù zhèlǐ zhēn xìngfú ，zhǐyào dā sìshí fēnzhōng de chē jiù kěyǐ lái pàotāng 。
You're completely right. And how lucky we are to live here, we only need ride the bus for forty minutes to come and bathe in the hot springs.
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我忽然有点不舒服，可能是泡汤前吃太多东西了。
wǒ hūrán yǒudiǎnr bù shūfu ，kěnéng shì pàotāng qián chī tài duō dōngxi le 。
I suddenly feel a little unwell, maybe I ate too much before we got in the spring.
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说得倒好听，我们哪有那么多时间？哪有那么多钱？把钱花在婚礼上，我们的马尔代夫之行就泡汤了！
shuō de dào hǎotīng ，wǒmen nǎyǒu nàme duō shíjiān ？nǎyǒu nàme duō qián ？bǎ qián huā zài hūnlǐ shàng ，wǒmen de Mǎěrdàifū zhīxíng jiù pàotāng le ！
That sounds great, but who has that kind of time? Who has that kind of money? If we spend all of our money on a wedding, our plans for a trip to the Maldives will be down the drain.
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