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上刀山，下火海
shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi
What 上刀山，下火海 means
- lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
- fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
The characters in 上刀山，下火海
- 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
- 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
- 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
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