掏心掏肺 tāo xīn tāo fèi

to be totally devoted (to a person)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to be totally devoted (to a person)

Characters

Character Meaning
掏 tāo HSK 6
to fish out (from pocket); to scoop; variant of 掏tāo
心 xīn HSK 3
heart; mind; intention
掏 tāo HSK 6
to fish out (from pocket); to scoop; variant of 掏tāo
肺 fèi HSK 6
lung