赴汤蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ

risk one’s life; face any danger

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 15766th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty

Characters

Character Meaning
赴 fù HSK 6
to go; to attend (a banquet etc)
汤 tāng HSK 4
soup; hot or boiling water
蹈 dǎo HSK 6
to tread on; to trample; to stamp
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming