赴汤蹈火 fùtāngdǎohuǒ to go through fire and water Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 赴 fù verb to go to to go to; to leave for a destination汤 湯 tāng hot water (literary or archaic) hot or boiling water; hot springs; water used for bathing蹈 dǎo to jump into to throw oneself into (e.g. the sea or a fire)火 huǒ noun fire fire; light and heat produced by burning; flames