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soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
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meat soup / broth
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rushing current
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
clear soup / soup stock
Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
broth / clear soup / consommé
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)
soup
water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
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
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water
dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
to prepare a soup
large pool in a bathhouse
to flatter / to butter sb up
lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
(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 simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
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)
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
to butter sb up / to try to impress sb
to ladle out soup
mushroom soup
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
soup of the day
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
(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
shark-fin soup
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup
first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤
shark fin soup


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