舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马

Traditional form:

捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬

Pinyin (reading):

shědeyīshēnguǎ,gǎnbǎhuángdìlāxiàmǎ

Definitions:

• one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
• to a fearless person, no fence is high enough

Characters:

• 舍 - house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
• 剐 - to cut; to sever flesh from bone
• 敢 - bold, brave; to dare, to venture
• 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
• 皇 - royal, imperial; ruler, superior
• 帝 - supreme ruler, emperor; god
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 马 - horse; surname

Traditional characters:

• 捨 - house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
• 剮 - to cut; to sever flesh from bone
• 敢 - bold, brave; to dare, to venture
• 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
• 皇 - royal, imperial; ruler, superior
• 帝 - supreme ruler, emperor; god
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 馬 - horse; surname