"Scalding" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 滚烫 | gǔn tàng | boiling / scalding |   |
| 赴汤蹈火 | fù tāng dǎo huǒ | lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) | |
| 烫 |  tàng | to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot | |
| 死猪不怕开水烫 | sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng | lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom) / fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences | |
