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soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
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rushing current
thick soup / puree
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
clear soup / soup stock
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)
impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池|金城汤池)
water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
broth / clear soup / consommé
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water
noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth
clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤 / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
soup
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
first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤
(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")
to prepare a soup
to ladle out soup
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
miso soup
dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
san'ao decoction (TCM)
shark fin soup
to flatter / to butter sb up
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
meat soup / broth
mushroom soup
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤
soup of the day
Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
(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
large pool in a bathhouse
to butter sb up / to try to impress sb
shark-fin soup
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup


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