斧钺汤镬 — Chinese idiom
斧钺汤镬
fǔ yuè tāng huò
Traditional: 斧鉞湯鑊
Meaning
- battle-ax and boiling cauldron ; facing torture and execution
Character by character
- 斧fǔaxe, hatchet; to chop, to hew
- 钺yuèbroad-axe; halberd, battle-axe
- 汤tāngsoup, gravy, broth; hot water
- 镬huòcauldron, large iron pot
Idioms sharing a character
- 不避斧钺 bù bì fǔ yuè
- 刀锯斧钺 dāo jù fǔ yuè
- 斧钺之诛 fǔ yuè zhī zhū
- 班门弄斧 Bān mén nòng fǔ
- 鬼斧神工 guǐ fǔ shén gōng
- 白旄黄钺 bái máo huáng yuè
- 以汤沃沸 yǐ tāng wò fèi
- 固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng
- 赴汤蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ
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