踏破铁鞋

Traditional form:

踏破鐵鞋

Pinyin (reading):

tàpòtiěxié

Definitions:

• lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
• fig. to search high and low

Characters:

• 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 鞋 - shoes, footwear in general

Traditional characters:

• 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 鞋 - shoes, footwear in general