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上刀山，下火海

shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi

Definitions

•lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
•fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)

Child Words of 上刀山，下火海