赴汤蹈火 — Chinese idiom
赴汤蹈火
fù tāng dǎo huǒ
Traditional: 赴湯蹈火
Meaning
- lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire
- fig. to brave any danger
- to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
Character by character
- 赴fùto attend, to go to, to be present
- 汤tāngsoup, gravy, broth; hot water
- 蹈dǎoto dance, to stamp the feet
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
Idioms sharing a character
- 全力以赴 quán lì yǐ fù
- 前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì
- 单刀赴会 dān dāo fù huì
- 慷慨赴义 kāng kǎi fù yì
- 绑赴市曹 bǎng fù shì cáo
- 违利赴名 wéi lì fù míng
- 以汤沃沸 yǐ tāng wò fèi
- 固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng
- 斧钺汤镬 fǔ yuè tāng huò
- 循规蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ
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