Explanation of soup ladle (1). That is, spoon. A kind of tableware. 《二十年目睹之怪 現状》第五三回："We have not yet done the business of two hundred dollars, but we have run into these plague gods, and we have gone to more than twenty rounds, and the soup ladle has also broken one!" (2). Cookware. Used for scooping soup and vegetables, with a long handle. Shatin, "The Route": "So the boss himself got to work, picking up the bean sprouts in the tiled pots with the soup ladle and dispersing them into each earthen bowl." Word Breakdown Explanation for Soup Tang (汤) ā Hot water: soup snow. To go to the fire. To bring to a boil. The juice in which something is cooked: rice soup. Sen (卬) soup. Food that is especially juicy after cooking: chicken soup. Vegetable soup. Clear soup. For hot springs (now mostly used in place names): Tangquan (hot spring). Tangshan (in Beijing, China). Chinese herbal medicine. ladybird Explanation of ladybird á A tool for scooping up water or fetching something, mostly made of half-cut Lagenaria or wood: ladybird. Shaped like a ladybug: ladybug. Ladybird dish. Part head : melon.