捨得一身剮,敢把皇帝拉下馬 shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎ

to a fearless person, no fence is high enough

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
  2. 2. one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)

Characters

Character Meaning
to give up; to abandon; to give alms
link verb to result or degree; to get; must
one; 1; single
body; oneself; personally
cut off the flesh as punishment
to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
emperor; surname Huang; old variant of huáng
emperor
to pull; to drag; to draw
down; below; to go down
horse; surname Ma