泡澡
pào zǎo
Pinyin

Definition

泡澡
 - 
pào zǎo
  1. to bathe
  2. to immerse oneself in a warm bath

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
洗澡
xǐ zǎo
  1. 1 to bathe
  2. 2 to take a shower
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

Idioms (7)

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
澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī
  1. 1 to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. 2 to nitpick
澡身浴德
zǎo shēn yù dé
  1. 1 to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
  2. 2 cleanliness is next to godliness

Sample Sentences

小尤马上向探长报告：“死者被发现裸体躺在浴室里，是个小老板，死因是腹部被刺中要害，估计是短刀之类的凶器。因为这个老板有早上到浴室泡澡的习惯，所以当时只有他和他的助手在浴室里。”
Xiǎo Yóu mǎshàng xiàng tànzhǎng bàogào ：“sǐzhě bèi fāxiàn luǒtǐ tǎng zài yùshì lǐ ，shì ge xiǎolǎobǎn ，sǐyīn shì fùbù bèi cìzhòng yàohài ，gūjì shì duǎndāo zhīlèi de xiōngqì 。yīnwèi zhè ge lǎobǎn yǒu zǎoshang dào yùshì pàozǎo de xíguàn ，suǒyǐ dāngshí zhǐyǒu tā hé tā de zhùshǒu zài yùshì lǐ 。”
Xiao You reported to the detective at once. “The deceased was discovered lying naked in the bath. He owns a small business. The cause of death is stabbing. He was stabbed in the abdomen in a vital location. I'd guess that the murder weapon was a small knife. Because this businessman was in the habit of coming to the bathhouse in the mornings, only he and his assistant were in the bath at the time."
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今天爬山累死了，我要泡澡，好好放松一下。
jīntiān páshān lèisǐ le ，wǒ yào pàozǎo ，hǎohāo fàngsōng yīxià 。
After climbing a mountain today, I'm exhausted. I want to take a bath and relax a bit.
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