赴湯蹈火

Chinese

		go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.) go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.); to go	soup; hot water	tread on; trample; stamp tread on; trample; stamp; fulfil	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (赴湯蹈火)		赴	湯	蹈	火
simp. (赴汤蹈火)		赴	汤	蹈	火
Literally: “to go through boiling water and tread on fire”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùtāngdǎohuǒ, fùtāngdàohuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ, ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùtāngdǎohuǒ [Phonetic: fùtāngdáohuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùtangdǎohuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-tʻang¹-tao³-huo³
    • Yale: fù-tāng-dǎu-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhtangdaohuoo
    • Palladius: футандаохо (futandaoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùtāngdàohuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùtangdàohuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-tʻang¹-tao⁴-huo³
    • Yale: fù-tāng-dàu-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhtangdawhuoo
    • Palladius: футандаохо (futandaoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²
    • Yale: fuh tōng douh fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²² fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

赴湯蹈火

1. (figurative) to defy all difficulties and dangers; to fear and shun no difficulties or dangers