| 踏破铁鞋 |
tà pò tiě xié |
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low |
| 踏 |
tā |
see 踏实 |
| 踏 |
tà |
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot |
| 破 |
pò |
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |
| 铁 |
Tiě |
surname Tie |
| 铁 |
tiě |
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) |
| 鞋 |
xié |
shoe / CL:双,只 |
| 鞋 |
xié |
variant of 鞋 |