泡湯 [－汤]

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Pinyin pào tāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to dawdle
  2. to go slow deliberately
  3. to fizzle out
  4. to have all one's hopes dashed
  5. (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    浸​温泉
    to bath in hot spring
  2. 動詞、書面語
    所有​嘢​都​玩完​；​付之闕​如
    to be destroyed; to be ruined
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, colloquial
    to fall through
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
  1. 臺陸用法和差異
    「​泡湯​」​是​指計畫​好​的​事情​落空​，​例如​：​他​的​眼光​失準​，​那​筆​投資​全​泡湯​了​。​臺灣​說​的​「​泡湯​」​，​又​指​泡溫泉​，​如​：​入冬​後​，​氣溫​驟降​，​泡湯​民眾​增加​。
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    由于下雨，野餐泡汤了。
    由於下雨，野餐泡湯了。
    yóu yú xià yǔ ， yě cān pào tāng le 。
    • The picnic was called off because of the rain.
    • The picnic was called off because of rain.
    • The picnic was cancelled due to the rain.
    • The picnic was canceled because of rain.
    • The picnic was canceled due to rain.
    • The picnic was cancelled because of the rain.