跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng

escape great suffering or hardship

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
  2. 2. to free oneself from a life of torture

Characters

Character Meaning
跳 tiào HSK 2
to jump; to skip over; to bounce
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming
坑 kēng HSK 6
hole; pit; to defraud