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泡汤

pào tāng

2-character word Traditional 泡湯

What 泡汤 means

1. colloquialto fizzle out; to come to nothing
2. to dawdle; to stall
3. Taiwanto have a soak in a hot spring bath

The characters in 泡汤

• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 汤tāngsoup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs

Example sentences

• 由于下雨，野餐泡汤了。
  The picnic was called off because of the rain.