破釜沉舟
Traditional form:
破釜沉舟
Pinyin (reading):
pòfǔchénzhōu
Definitions:
- lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
- to burn one's boats
Characters:
- 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 釜 - cauldron, kettle, pot
- 沉 - to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
- 舟 - boat, ship
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