砸锅卖铁 — Chinese idiom
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
Traditional: 砸鍋賣鐵
Meaning
- to be willing to sacrifice everything one has
Character by character
- 砸záto smash, to pound, to crush, to break
- 锅guōcooking-pot, saucepan
- 卖màito sell; to betray; to show off
- 铁tiěiron; strong, solid, firm
Idioms sharing a character
- 搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 生炒热卖 shēng chǎo rè mài
- 装疯卖傻 zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
- 讨好卖乖 tǎo hǎo mài guāi
- 卖官鬻爵 mài guān yù jué
- 手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě
- 斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě
- 磨穿铁砚 mó chuān tiě yàn
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