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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「蹈赴湯火」 here, with meaning and examples.

The idiom 「蹈赴湯火」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.

A metaphor for not avoiding difficulties. Same as “stepping into boiling water and into fire”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǎo fù tāng huǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou6 fu6 tong1 fo2

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