舍得一身剐,敢把皇帝拉下马
shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎ
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
舍
shě
old variant of 捨|舍[she3]
得
de
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
一
yī
one
身
shēn
body
剐
guǎ
cut off the flesh as punishment
,
,
敢
gǎn
to dare
把
bǎ
to hold; to grasp
皇
huáng
emperor
帝
dì
emperor
拉
lā
to pull
下
xià
down
马
mǎ
abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]