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上刀山，下火海
Mandarin · pinyin shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi
Meanings
- lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
- fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 刀
- dāo · knife; old coin; measure
- 山
- shān · mountain, hill, peak
- 下
- xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 火
- huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
- 海
- hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
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