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赴湯蹈火
简 赴汤蹈火 · 繁 赴湯蹈火Mandarin · pinyin fù tāng dǎo huǒ
Meanings
- lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom)
- fig. to brave any danger
- to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
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4–1–3–3 · fu4 tang1 dao3 huo3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fu6 tong1 dou6 fo2
Cantonese word readings for 赴湯蹈火. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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fu6 tong1 dou6 fo2
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- (figurative) to defy all difficulties and dangers; to fear and shun no difficulties or dangers
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