"刀山火海" meaning in Chinese

See 刀山火海 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 刀山火海
  1. mountains of daggers and seas of flames; (figurative) extreme danger Tags: idiomatic
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          "mountain",
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          "sea",
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          "flame",
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  "sounds": [
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      "zh_pron": "dāoshānhuǒhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou¹ saan¹ fo² hoi²"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāoshānhuǒhǎi [Phonetic: dāoshānhuóhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daoshanhuǒhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tao¹-shan¹-huo³-hai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāu-shān-hwǒ-hǎi"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daushanhuoohae"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daošanʹxoxaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "даошаньхохай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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      "zh_pron": "dou¹ saan¹ fo² hoi²"
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      "zh_pron": "dōu sāan fó hói"
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 刀",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 山",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 海",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 火",
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      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˇ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "dāoshānhuǒhǎi [Phonetic: dāoshānhuóhǎi"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˇ"
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāu-shān-hwǒ-hǎi"
    },
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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      ],
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "даошаньхохай"
    },
    {
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "dou¹ saan¹ fo² hoi²"
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou¹ san¹ fo² hoi²"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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