pào tāng

Traditional: 泡湯

泡汤 (pào tāng) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing
  2. 2to dawdle; to stall
  3. 3(Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath

Characters in 泡汤

泡pāo · puffed; swollen; spongy汤shāng · rushing current

Related words

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