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上刀山，下油锅

shàng dāo shān , xià yóu guō

7-character word Traditional 上刀山，下油鍋

What 上刀山，下油锅 means

1. lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)
2. fig. to go through trials and tribulations

The characters in 上刀山，下油锅

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing