砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
Pinyin

Definition

砸锅卖铁
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zá guō mài tiě
  1. to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

砸
zá
  1. 1 to smash
  2. 2 to pound
  3. 3 to fail
  4. 4 to muck up
  5. 5 to bungle
打砸
dǎ zá
  1. 1 to smash up
  2. 2 to vandalize
搞砸
gǎo zá
  1. 1 to mess (sth) up
  2. 2 to foul up
  3. 3 to spoil
砸死
zá sǐ
  1. 1 to crush to death
砸毁
zá huǐ
  1. 1 to destroy
  2. 2 to smash
砸烂
zá làn
  1. 1 to smash
砸破
zá pò
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to shatter
砸碎
zá suì
  1. 1 to pulverize
  2. 2 to smash to bits
砸锅
zá guō
  1. 1 to fail
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
  1. 1 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

Idioms (4)

搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to move a stone and stub one's toe
  2. 2 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬砖砸脚
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
  1. 1 to hurt oneself by one's own doing
  2. 2 to boomerang
  3. 3 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
  1. 1 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

Sample Sentences

对啊！就冲着这一点，就是砸锅卖铁我也要让我的小孩在香港出生。哎，你以后也去香港生吧。
duìa ！jiù chòngzhe zhè yīdiǎn ，jiùshì záguōmàitiě wǒ yě yào ràng wǒde xiǎohái zài Xiānggǎng chūshēng 。ái ，nǐ yǐhòu yě qù Xiānggǎng shēng ba 。
That's right! For just this reason alone I'd be willing to sacrifice everything to have my kids born in Hong Kong. Hey, you should have your kids in Hong Kong, too.
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是啊。父母砸锅卖铁供我们读完大学，好不容易毕业了，别说报答父母了，养活自己也成问题。我学的又是这种华而不实的破专业，哎！
shì a 。fùmǔ záguōmàitiě gōng wǒmen dú wán dàxué ，hǎobùróngyì bìyè le ，bié shuō bàodá fùmǔ le ，yǎnghuó zìjǐ yě chéng wèntí 。wǒ xué de yòu shì zhèzhǒng huá\'érbùshí de pò zhuānyè ，ài ！
Yeah. Our parents sacrificed everything so that we could finish university, and graduating isn't easy. Not to mention that repaying our parents and supporting ourselves have become problems too. And, I chose this nice-sounding yet useless major of mine. Agh!
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