泡汤 (pào tāng) — (idiom) to fall through, to come to nothing (pl…

Definição

A colloquial set phrase meaning 'plans fall through'. Literally 'soaked in soup', it pictures a plan dissolving like something dropped into water.

idiom

to fall throughto come to nothing (plans, projects)

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Wǒ de jì huà pào le tāng.
My plan fell through.
泡汤。
Zhè cì lǚ xíng pào tāng le.
This trip fell through.
，泡汤。
Yīn wèi xià yǔ, wǒ men de yě cān pào tāng le.
Because of rain, our picnic fell through.

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