Definition
汤锅 literally means 'soup pot', but the word has two distinct senses. In everyday use it refers to a cooking pot for making soup. In older or more literary contexts, it can also refer to a slaughterhouse or a butcher's shop — a place where animals are killed and processed. The second sense is rare in modern conversation and mostly appears in historical or figurative writing.
n.
soup potstockpot(archaic/literary) slaughterhousebutcher shop
Examples
- 汤锅。Māma yòng shāng zhǔ le yì guō jī tāng.Mom used a soup pot to cook a pot of chicken soup.
- 汤锅，。Zhège shāng hěn dà, kěyǐ dùn zhěng zhī jī.This soup pot is very big; you can stew a whole chicken in it.
- 汤锅，。Xiǎoshuō lǐ miáoxiě le yí ge jiù shí de shāng, ràng rén gǎndào yīnsēn.The novel described an old slaughterhouse, giving people a creepy feeling.
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