- 泡湯
- pàotāngfall flat; fall through, dawdle; dilly-dally* * *pao4 tang1to dawdle, to go slow deliberately, to fizzle out, to have all one's hopes dashed* * *泡湯|泡汤 [pào tāng] ► to dawdle ► to go slow deliberately ► to fizzle out ► to have all one's hopes dashed
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.