汤种
tāng zhǒng
Pinyin

Definition

汤种
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tāng zhǒng
  1. water roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking to produce a softer, fluffier loaf (loanword from Japanese 湯種 yudane)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

种
zhǒng
  1. 1 seed
  2. 2 species
  3. 3 kind
  4. 4 type
  5. 5 classifier for types, kinds, sorts
各种各样
gè zhǒng gè yàng
  1. 1 various kinds
  2. 2 all sorts
品种
pǐn zhǒng
  1. 1 breed
  2. 2 variety
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
播种
bō zhǒng
  1. 1 to sow seeds
  2. 2 sowing
  3. 3 seed
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
汤
Tāng
  1. 1 surname Tang
汤匙
tāng chí
  1. 1 soup spoon
  2. 2 tablespoon
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
汤圆
tāng yuán
  1. 1 boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival
汤姆
Tāng mǔ
  1. 1 Tom (name)
汤汁
tāng zhī
  1. 1 soup
  2. 2 broth
煲汤
bāo tāng
  1. 1 to simmer
  2. 2 soup made by simmering for a long time
物种
wù zhǒng
  1. 1 species
特种兵
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
种子
zhǒng zi
  1. 1 seed
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē],粒[lì]
种植
zhòng zhí
  1. 1 to plant
  2. 2 to grow
种种
zhǒng zhǒng
  1. 1 all kinds of
种类
zhǒng lèi
  1. 1 kind
  2. 2 genus
  3. 3 type
  4. 4 category
  5. 5 variety
  6. 6 species
  7. 7 sort
  8. 8 class
鸡汤
jī tāng
  1. 1 chicken stock
  2. 2 chicken soup
  3. 3 (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
亚种
yà zhǒng
  1. 1 subspecies (taxonomy)
人种
rén zhǒng
  1. 1 race (of people)

Idioms (11)

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
以汤沃沸
yǐ tāng wò fèi
  1. 1 to manage a situation badly (idiom)
固若金汤
gù ruò jīn tāng
  1. 1 secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
  2. 2 well fortified
  3. 3 invulnerable to attack
换汤不换药
huàn tāng bù huàn yào
  1. 1 different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  2. 2 a change in form but not in substance
斧钺汤镬
fǔ yuè tāng huò
  1. 1 battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
  1. 1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
  2. 2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
  3. 3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
蓝田种玉
lán tián zhòng yù
  1. 1 a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
谬种流传
miù zhǒng liú chuán
  1. 1 to pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions
赴汤蹈火
fù tāng dǎo huǒ
  1. 1 to go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty
香汤沐浴
xiāng tāng mù yù
  1. 1 to bathe in a fragrant hot spring (idiom)

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