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赴汤蹈火

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4-character word Traditional 赴湯蹈火

What 赴汤蹈火 means

1. lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom)
2. fig. to brave any danger
3. to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)

The characters in 赴汤蹈火

• 赴fùto go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
• 汤tāngsoup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs
• 蹈dǎoto tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition