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泡汤

泡湯
pàotāng
verb #10,941

Meanings

  1. 1 to fizzle out
  2. 2 to come to nothing
  3. 3 to fall through

Examples

因为下雨，我们的野餐计划泡汤了。
Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, wǒmen de yěcān jìhuà pàotāng le.
Our picnic plan fell through because of rain.
那笔生意泡汤了。
Nà bǐ shēngyì pàotāng le.
That business deal fell through.

Tips

memory
泡 (soak) + 汤 (soup/hot water) = soaked in hot water, i.e., dissolved and gone. Plans that 泡汤 have melted away like something dropped in hot water.
register
泡汤 is colloquial. In Taiwan, it can also mean 'to soak in a hot spring'.

Stroke Order

泡 pào
汤 tāng