泡汤

Traditional: 泡湯

pào tāng

Dictionary entry

(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing

What does 泡汤 mean?

泡汤 (pào tāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing

2to dawdle; to stall

3(Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath

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泡pāopuffed; swollen; spongy · small lake (esp. in place names)汤Tāngsurname Tang

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泡汤

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