踏破铁鞋 tà pò tiě xié

lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to search high and low

Characters

Character Meaning
踏 tà HSK 6
to step on; to tread; to stamp
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
铁 tiě HSK 3
iron (metal); hard; strong
鞋 xié HSK 3
shoe; variant of 鞋xié