赴湯蹈火
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Chinese[edit]
go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.) go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.); to go |
soup; hot water | tread on; trample; stamp tread on; trample; stamp; fulfil |
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
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trad. (赴湯蹈火) | 赴 | 湯 | 蹈 | 火 | |
simp. (赴汤蹈火) | 赴 | 汤 | 蹈 | 火 | |
Literally: “to go through boiling water and tread on fire”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
赴湯蹈火
- (figurative) to defy all difficulties and dangers; to fear and shun no difficulties or dangers