踏破铁鞋
tà pò tiě xié
Pinyin

Definition

踏破铁鞋
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tà pò tiě xié
  1. lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
  2. fig. to search high and low

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

破
pò
  1. 1 broken
  2. 2 damaged
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 lousy
  5. 5 rotten
  6. 6 to break, split or cleave
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to destroy
  9. 9 to break with
  10. 10 to defeat
  11. 11 to capture (a city etc)
  12. 12 to expose the truth of
破坏
pò huài
  1. 1 destruction
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 to wreck
  4. 4 to break
  5. 5 to destroy
突破
tū pò
  1. 1 to break through
  2. 2 to make a breakthrough
  3. 3 to surmount or break the back of (a task etc)
  4. 4 (of ball sports) to break through a defense
踏上
tà shàng
  1. 1 to set foot on
  2. 2 to step on or into
踏实
tā shi
  1. 1 firmly-based
  2. 2 steady
  3. 3 steadfast
  4. 4 to have peace of mind
  5. 5 free from anxiety
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [tà shí]
鞋
xié
  1. 1 shoe
  2. 2 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
鞋子
xié zi
  1. 1 shoe
高跟鞋
gāo gēn xié
  1. 1 high-heeled shoes
休闲鞋
xiū xián xié
  1. 1 leisure shoes
划破
huá pò
  1. 1 to cut open
  2. 2 to rip
  3. 3 to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)
  4. 4 to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
帆布鞋
fān bù xié
  1. 1 canvas shoes
打破
dǎ pò
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to smash
拖鞋
tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
拿破仑
Ná pò lún
  1. 1 variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑[Ná pò lún]
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
凉鞋
liáng xié
  1. 1 sandal
爆破
bào pò
  1. 1 to blow up
  2. 2 to demolish (using explosives)
  3. 3 dynamite
  4. 4 blast
球鞋
qiú xié
  1. 1 athletic shoes
皮鞋
pí xié
  1. 1 leather shoes
看破
kàn pò
  1. 1 to see through
  2. 2 disillusioned with
  3. 3 to reject (the world of mortals)

Idioms (20)

一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
打破砂锅问到底
dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
步斗踏罡
bù dǒu tà gāng
  1. 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
步罡踏斗
bù gāng tà dǒu
  1. 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
  1. 1 to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破绽百出
pò zhàn bǎi chū
  1. 1 lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
  1. 1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

Sample Sentences

等等，你手上拿的是......啊！就是它！真是踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫啊！
děng deng ，nǐ shǒu shàng ná de shì ......à ！jiùshì tā ！zhēn shì tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù , déláiquánbùfèigōngfu a ！
Wait a second! The one in your hand...oh! That's the one! We looked all over creation and then it came without even trying!
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