Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「蹈湯赴火」.
Here, we present the idiom 「蹈湯赴火」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
A metaphor for not avoiding difficulties.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎo tāng fù huǒ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou6 tong1 fu6 fo2
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
