a soup or congee cooking pot

lit. upside-down pot, meaning have no money for food

cannot fend for oneself

meaning one is unemployed and has no income, no money, no food

to go through thick and thin together

very very thin copper pot

a big mess or trouble

(v.) (slang) to break up with a loved one (from a romantic relationship)

break-up fee, divorce fee

to hold water kettle, to work as waiter / waitress / server

water kettle

(slang) saying two people's friendship as good as brothers

(noun) a clay pot

clay pot

a dish where rice is cooked in the clay pot

describes the act doing something that has no positive outcome or where there is no chance of success; all talk and no trousers; to waste time discussing something that will amount to nothing

a pun on the word 'Putonghua' (Mandarin); literally 'to boil a winter melon'

to binge watch drama

bowtie (spoken)

fabricated news or news without substantial facts

to boil water; fabricated (false)

(Verb) cook soup

plans never realised or confirmed (slang)

to smoke

to overcook and burn rice porridge

cooking congee; to have a long chat on phone

(slang) a younger man in a relationship with older woman

to boil something until it is soft

(verb) make tea

to boil Chinese medicine