刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
Pinyin
Definition
刀山火海
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- lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
- fig. extreme danger (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
- 1 to get angry
- 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
- 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
- 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
- 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
- 1 surname Dao
Idioms (20)
一刀两断
- 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
- 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
- 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
- 3 one size fits all
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不识泰山
- 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person