to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
trad. 砸鍋賣鐵
Also written 砸鍋賣鐵【zá guō mài tiě】
Characters in this word
4砸
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to smash, to pound, to fail, to muck up, to bungle
- Pinyin
- zá
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 3021 of 2500
锅
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pot; pan; wok; cauldron, pot-shaped thing, CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- guō
- Traditional
- 鍋
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 13998 of 2500
卖
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to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt
- Pinyin
- mài
- Traditional
- 賣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 805 of 2500
铁
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surname Tie
- Pinyin
- Tiě
- Traditional
- 鐵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4600 of 2500