跳出火坑

Traditional form:

跳出火坑

Pinyin (reading):

tiàochūhuǒkēng

Definitions:

• lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
• to free oneself from a life of torture

Characters:

• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry

Traditional characters:

• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry