上刀山，下油锅
Traditional form:
上刀山，下油鍋
Pinyin (reading):
shàngdāoshān,xiàyóuguō
Definitions:
- lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)
- fig. to go through trials and tribulations
Characters:
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
- 山 - mountain, hill, peak
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 油 - oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
- 锅 - cooking-pot, saucepan
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