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  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
Tom Cruise (1962-), film actor
meat soup / broth
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
Tom (name)
noodles in soup
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
surname Tang
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
rushing current
soup spoon / tablespoon / CL:
steamed dumpling
clear soup / soup stock
Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author
Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
broth / clear soup / consommé
soup ladle
clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤 / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池|金城汤池)
(name) Thompson
lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
soup
hot spring (archaic)
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤) / magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth
meager fare / (fig.) insipid / colorless
Tangyin county in Anyang 安陽|安阳, Henan
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water
soup plate
decoction / potion
dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
Tangyin county in Anyang 安陽|安阳, Henan
soup bowl
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王
Stendhal
Tonga
hot-water bottle
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
to prepare a soup
impregnable fortress
Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯, Heilongjiang
large pool in a bathhouse
to flatter / to butter sb up
Tom Robbins, American novelist
battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
to manage a situation badly (idiom)
to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯, Heilongjiang
Yukawa (name) / YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
hot-water bottle
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
(old) hot bath
to butter sb up / to try to impress sb
to ladle out soup
soup / broth
SenseTime, artificial intelligence company focused on computer vision and deep learning technologies, founded in Hong Kong in 2014
raw materials for making soup / packaged soup mix
mushroom soup
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
tonic water
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
soup dishes (on menu)
soup of the day
steamed soup dumpling
Thomson (name)
YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
thick soup / puree
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
san'ao decoction (TCM)
second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
miso soup
white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine
(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
(coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
(Tw) (slang) don't; must not; won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要 or 不行)
(coll.) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 雞湯|鸡汤 and designed to go viral
Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
Tumblr (microblogging and social networking website)
bouillon cube
Thompson or Thomson (name)
Thomas Cup (international badminton team competition)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
water roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking to produce a softer, fluffier loaf (loanword from Japanese 湯種 yudane)
dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)
shark-fin soup
noodles in meat soup

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