攤taan1凍dung3

English

1. let something hot cool down (spoken)
2. (of foods) to cool down; to wait until something is less hot
3. figuratively, to wait until an event or a news is no longer hot

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 放啲嘢食、嘢飲喺度等佢冇咁熱
2. 引申指等一段時間，直至件事少啲人關注

Examples

• 啲湯攤凍先好飲！

  The soup is nice only after it has cooled down. ----

• 等件事攤凍咗，記者就唔會再追問㗎喇。

  When the news has cooled down, the reporters will stop asking about it.

• 我諗住攤凍件事，等大家冷靜落嚟先再諗下點處理。

  I want to wait until it's cooled down. When everyone calms down, we can then consider how we should handle this.