Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「如蹈湯火」, with its explanation below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「如蹈湯火」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Tao: to step on; Tang: boiling water. It is like walking through boiling water or raging fire. A metaphor for a difficult situation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rú dǎo tāng huǒ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yu4 dou6 tong1 fo2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

