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鸡汤

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jī tāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. chicken stock
  2. 2. chicken soup
  3. 3. (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)

Words Containing 鸡汤

参鸡汤
shēn jī tāng

samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc

心灵鸡汤
xīn líng jī tāng

(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\)

毒鸡汤
dú jī tāng

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

Child Words of 鸡汤

汤
shāng

rushing current

汤
tāng

soup

鸡
jī

fowl

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