赴湯蹈火

Chinese

		go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.) go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.); to go	soup; hot water	tread on; trample; stamp tread on; trample; stamp; fulfil	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (赴湯蹈火)		赴	湯	蹈	火
simp. (赴汤蹈火)		赴	汤	蹈	火
Literally: “to go through boiling water and tread on fire”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùtāngdǎohuǒ, fùtāngdàohuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ, ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùtāngdǎohuǒ [Phonetic: fùtāngdáohuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùtangdǎohuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-tʻang¹-tao³-huo³
  - Yale: fù-tāng-dǎu-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhtangdaohuoo
  - Palladius: футандаохо (futandaoxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùtāngdàohuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄤㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùtangdàohuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-tʻang¹-tao⁴-huo³
  - Yale: fù-tāng-dàu-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhtangdawhuoo
  - Palladius: футандаохо (futandaoxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²
  - Yale: fuh tōng douh fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ tong¹ dou⁶ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²² fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

赴湯蹈火

(figurative) to defy all difficulties and dangers; to fear and shun no difficulties or dangers

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