砸锅卖铁 (zá guō mài tiě) — to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

zá guō mài tiě

Traditional: 砸鍋賣鐵

砸锅卖铁 (zá guō mài tiě) is a Chinese word meaning “to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)”.

Meanings

1to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

Characters in 砸锅卖铁

砸zá · to smash 锅guō · pot; pan; wok; cauldron 卖mài · to sell 铁tiě · iron (metal)

Related words

卖to sell 砸to smash 铁iron (metal)铁surname Tie 出卖to offer for sale; to sell 买卖to buy and sell 买卖purchase and sale; transaction 地铁underground railway; subway 锅pot; pan; wok; cauldron 拍卖to auction 贩卖to sell 铁路railroad

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