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舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马

shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎ

13-character word Traditional 捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬

What 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马 means

1. one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
2. to a fearless person, no fence is high enough

The characters in 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马

• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 剐guǎcut off the flesh as punishment
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
• 帝dì(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess