| 赴汤蹈火 |
fù tāng dǎo huǒ |
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) |
| 赴 |
fù |
to go / to visit (e.g. another country) / to attend (a banquet etc) |
| 汤 |
Tāng |
surname Tang |
| 汤 |
shāng |
rushing current |
| 汤 |
tāng |
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled |
| 蹈 |
dǎo |
to tread on / to trample / to stamp / to fulfill / Taiwan pr. [dao4] |
| 火 |
Huǒ |
surname Huo |
| 火 |
huǒ |
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 |