泡汤 | pào tāng | to dawdle / to go slow deliberately / to fizzle out / to have all one's hopes dashed / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring | |
告吹 | gào chuī | to fizzle out / to come to nothing | |
无疾而终 | wú jí ér zhōng | to die peacefully / (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference) / to come to nothing / to fizzle out |