泡汤 (泡湯)
pào tāng
Pinyin
Definition
泡汤 (泡湯)
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- to dawdle
- to go slow deliberately
- to fizzle out
- to have all one's hopes dashed
- (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 puffed
- 2 swollen
- 3 spongy
- 4 small lake (esp. in place names)
- 5 classifier for urine or feces
- 1 bubble
- 2 blister
- 1 to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
- 2 to infuse (tea)
- 1 to pick up girls
- 2 to play around with girls
- 3 to chase after girls
- 1 pickled pepper
Idioms (5)
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
化为泡影
- 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
如法泡制
- 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
- 2 to follow the same plan
终成泡影
- 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
软磨硬泡
- 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
- 2 to wheedle
- 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。
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.
我忽然有点不舒服,可能是泡汤前吃太多东西了。
I suddenly feel a little unwell, maybe I ate too much before we got in the spring.
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!
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.