踏破鐵鞋

Chinese

		step on	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	iron	shoe
trad. (踏破鐵鞋)		踏	破	鐵	鞋
simp. (踏破铁鞋)		踏	破	铁	鞋
Literally: “to wear out iron shoes”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàpò tiěxié

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàpò tiěxié
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàpò tiěsié
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-pʻo⁴ tʻieh³-hsieh²
  - Yale: tà-pwò tyě-syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahpoh tieeshye
  - Palladius: тапо тесе (tapo tese)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴
  - Yale: daahp po tit hàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ po³ tit⁸ haai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ po³ tid³ hai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² pʰɔː³³ tʰiːt̚³ haːi̯²¹/

Idiom

踏破鐵鞋

to search high and low

Derived terms

踏破鐵鞋無覓處／踏破铁鞋无觅处 (tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù)

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