踏破鐵鞋
tà​pò​tiě​xié

to search high and low

  • created reference approved 踏破铁鞋/踏破鐵鞋 → 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫/踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踏破铁鞋 / 踏破鐵鞋 tà​pò​tiě​xié

    踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 / 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫 tà​pò​tiě​xié​wú​mì​chù​dé​lái​quán​bù​fèi​gōng​fū

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    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 踏破铁鞋/踏破鐵鞋 · tà​pò​tiě​xié · to search high and low — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踏破铁鞋 / 踏破鐵鞋

    tà​pò​tiě​xié

    to search high and low

    literally meaning to wear out even shoes made of iron; used to describe searching everywhere painstakingly or traveling long distances with great effort

    踏 (literal) → 踏 · tà · to step on 破 (literal) → 破 · pò · through 铁 (literal) → 铁/鐵 · tiě · iron 鞋 (literal) → 鞋 · xié · shoe

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

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