踏破铁鞋 — Chinese idiom
踏破铁鞋
tà pò tiě xié
Traditional: 踏破鐵鞋
Meaning
- (lit.) to wear out one's iron shoes
- (fig.) to search high and low
Character by character
- 踏tàto trample, to tread on, to walk over
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 铁tiěiron; strong, solid, firm
- 鞋xiéshoes, footwear in general
Idioms sharing a character
- 脚踏实地 jiǎo tà shí dì
- 踏破门槛 tā pò mén kǎn
- 踏青赏春 tà qīng shǎng chūn
- 踏青赏花 tà qīng shǎng huā
- 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
- 国破家亡 guó pò jiā wáng
- 大破大立 dà pò dà lì
- 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng
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