rushing current

soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled

(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath

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)

meat soup; broth

thick soup; puree

borscht, a traditional beetroot soup

(regional) stock (used in Chinese cooking)

second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤[tou2 tang1]

soup of the day

Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty

first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤[er4 tang1]

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[bu4 yao4] or 不行[bu4 xing2])

to prepare a soup

large pool in a bathhouse

see 湯浴|汤浴[tang1 yu4]

broth; clear soup; consommé

to make soup; slow-simmered soup

clear soup; white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤[nai3 tang1]; decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs

water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out

soup

shark-fin soup

to ladle out soup

impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池|金城汤池[jin1 cheng2 tang1 chi2])

noodle soup; noodles in soup; noodle broth

warm bathwater infused with aromatic herbs; scented bathwater

clear soup; soup stock

liquor; booze; murky, muddy water

san'ao decoction (TCM)

eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine

samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc

miso soup

four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine

potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4 po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence

(coll.) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 雞湯|鸡汤[ji1 tang1] and designed to go viral

to flatter; to butter sb up

dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)

thick, peppery soup originating in Henan, commonly eaten for breakfast

mushroom soup

clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable; eggdrop soup

potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4 po2 tang1]); magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions

hot and sour soup; sour and spicy soup

shark fin 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

(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 butter sb up; to try to impress sb

cabbage, rice and tofu soup

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom); fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch