(lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying); (fig.) a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
trad. 死豬不怕開水燙
Also written 死豬不怕開水燙【sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng】
Characters in this word
7死
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to die, impassable, uncrossable, inflexible, rigid, extremely, damned
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 113 of 2500
猪
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hog, pig, swine, CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- Pinyin
- zhū
- Traditional
- 豬
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1951 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
开
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 of 2500
水
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surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500
烫
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to scald, to burn (by scalding), to blanch (cooking), to heat (sth) up in hot water, to perm, to iron, scalding hot
- Pinyin
- tàng
- Traditional
- 燙
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5465 of 2500