踏破铁鞋无觅处 — “To search high and low for something without success”
踏破铁鞋无觅处 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search high and low for something without success”. Only to find it unexpectedly when one least expects it. Literally, “Wear out iron shoes but find nothing”.
踏破铁鞋无觅处 Pronunciation and Pinyin
踏破铁鞋无觅处 Character Breakdown
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More idioms starting with 踏
- tà踏chuáng床niè啮bí鼻stubbornly quibble and argue against reason
- tà踏gù故xí习cháng常stick to old ways, unwilling to change
- tà踏bù步bù不qián前make no progress
- tà踏pò破máng芒xié鞋méi没mì觅chù处，，dé得lái来quán全bù不fèi费gōng工fu夫Found effortlessly after a long search
- tà踏pò破tiě铁xié鞋wear out iron shoes searching
- tā踏tā踏shí实shí实steadfast, earnest, and down-to-earth
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What does 踏破铁鞋无觅处 mean?
踏破铁鞋无觅处 (tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search high and low for something without success”.
How do you pronounce 踏破铁鞋无觅处?
踏破铁鞋无觅处 is pronounced tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 踏破铁鞋无觅处 literally mean?
Literally, 踏破铁鞋无觅处 means “Wear out iron shoes but find nothing”. It is used to mean “to search high and low for something without success”.
What is the Chinese definition of 踏破铁鞋无觅处?
觅：寻找。比喻急需的东西费了很大的力气找不到，却在无意中得到了