光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng​jiǎo​de​bù​pà​chuān​xié​de

nothing to lose

  • created sense approved 光脚的不怕穿鞋的/光腳的不怕穿鞋的 · guāng​jiǎo​de​bù​pà​chuān​xié​de · nothing to lose — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    光脚的不怕穿鞋的 / 光腳的不怕穿鞋的

    guāng​jiǎo​de​bù​pà​chuān​xié​de

    nothing to lose

    The poor who have nothing to lose do not fear those in power; literally translates to "the barefoot person does not fear the one wearing shoes".

    光脚 (literal) → 光脚/光腳 · guāng​jiǎo · barefoot; bare feet 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [nominalizer] 不怕 (literal) → 不怕 · bù​pà · to not fear 穿 (literal) → 穿 · chuān · to wear 鞋 (literal) → 鞋 · xié · shoe 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [nominalizer]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense