Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「刀山火海」 and its usage.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「刀山火海」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
A metaphor for an extremely dangerous and difficult place.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou1 saan1 fo2 hoi2
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