破釜沉舟
pòfǔ-chénzhōu
to burn one's boats; to cut off all means of retreat
Every meaning
pòfǔ-chénzhōu
- to burn one's boats; to cut off all means of retreat
Its characters
- 破pòbroken; damaged; torn
- 釜fǔcauldron; pot
- 沉chénto sink
- 舟zhōuboat
Words with 破
Words with 沉
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.