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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
soup of the day
(coll.) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 雞湯|鸡汤 and designed to go viral
soup; broth
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)
lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author
large pool in a bathhouse
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
soup ladle
impregnable fortress
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
surname Tang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
rushing current
steamed soup dumpling
(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")
soup dishes (on menu)
noodles in meat soup
Thomas Cup (international badminton team competition)
shark fin soup
dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)
to ladle out soup
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)
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
hot-water bottle
meat soup / broth
clear soup / soup stock
miso soup
noodles in soup
thick soup / puree
SenseTime, artificial intelligence company focused on computer vision and deep learning technologies, founded in Hong Kong in 2014
to prepare a soup
meager fare / (fig.) insipid / colorless
decoction / potion
hot spring (archaic)
soup plate
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
raw materials for making soup / packaged soup mix
san'ao decoction (TCM)
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
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
Tom Cruise (1962-), film actor
soup
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup
Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
Tom (name)
tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine)
to butter sb up / to try to impress sb
to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
to bathe in a fragrant hot spring (idiom)
noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
tonic water
hot-water bottle
soup bowl
(coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
Thomson (name)
(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)
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)
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
broth / clear soup / consommé
(loanword) gin and tonic
water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
soup spoon / tablespoon / CL:
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
white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine
steamed dumpling
Tom Robbins, American novelist
impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池|金城汤池)
Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water
Tangyuan, a county in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市, Heilongjiang
Yukawa (name) / YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
to manage a situation badly (idiom)
borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
mushroom soup
second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤
first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤
(old) hot bath
Tangyin, a county in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
to flatter / to butter sb up
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
Tonga
Tumblr (microblogging and social networking website)
YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
Tangwanghe, a district of Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
shark-fin soup
(name) Thompson
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom

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