From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「赴湯蹈火」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
The featured idiom 「赴湯蹈火」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Fu: go to; Tang: hot water; Tao: step on. Dare to wade into boiling water and step into raging fire. A metaphor for not avoiding difficulties and forging ahead courageously.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fù tāng dǎo huǒ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fu6 tong1 dou6 fo2
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