pào​tāng

to come to nothing

泡汤 泡湯 pào//tāng
to come to nothing
(colloquial) to fizzle out; to fall through; to fail or be wasted
to soak in a hot spring
(Taiwan) to have a soak in a hot spring bath; to bathe in hot water
to dawdle
to dillydally; to stall or waste time
to soak in water
to be immersed or soaked in water; to get wet

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.22 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
2.07 per million

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