a soup or congee cooking pot

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

clay pot

cannot fend for oneself

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

to go through thick and thin together

claypot rice

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

to make someone really suffer; to give someone a lot of grief [colloquial]

to make someone really suffer; to give someone a lot of grief [colloquial]

water kettle

(noun) a clay pot

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

pots and pans; cooking utensils; household items [colloquial]

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

to binge watch drama

bowtie (spoken)

cook in a big pot

bottom of the pot

to boil water; fabricated (false)

fabricated news or news without substantial facts

(Verb) cook soup

plans never realised or confirmed (slang)

to smoke