上刀山，下火海
Traditional form:
上刀山，下火海
Pinyin (reading):
shàngdāoshān,xiàhuǒhǎi
Definitions:
- lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
- fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
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
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
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