赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ

face any danger; risk one’s life

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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)
湯 tāng
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