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Open the tool →蹈赴汤火 (dǎo fù tāng huǒ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to brave extreme dangers and difficulties without hesitation”.
蹈赴汤火 is pronounced dǎo fù tāng huǒ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蹈赴汤火 means “to tread on boiling water and rush into fire”. It is used to mean “to brave extreme dangers and difficulties without hesitation”.
比喻不避艰险。同“蹈汤赴火”。