济河焚舟
jì​hé​fén​zhōu

to burn one's bridges

  • created sense approved 济河焚舟/濟河焚舟 · jì​hé​fén​zhōu · to burn one's bridges — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    济河焚舟 / 濟河焚舟

    jì​hé​fén​zhōu

    to burn one's bridges

    to cross a river and burn the boats; to show a determination to fight to the death and leave no way of retreat

    济 (literal) → 济/濟 · jì · to cross 河 (literal) → 河 · hé · river 焚舟 (literal) → 焚舟 · fén​zhōu · to cross the Rubicon

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

    created sense