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死猪不怕开水烫

sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying) / (fig.) a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c2a1b833217c0e20. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

死豬不怕開水燙 死猪不怕开水烫 [si3 zhu1 bu4 pa4 kai1 shui3 tang4] /(lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying)/(fig.) a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences/

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Other forms in these source records: 死豬不怕開水燙

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

  • 猪
    zhū

    hog / pig / swine / CL:口[kǒu],頭|头[tóu]

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 怕
    pà

    to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps

    Pà

    surname Pa

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

  • 烫
    tàng

    to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.