背着棺材过河，连死都准备下了背著棺材過河，連死都準備下了背着棺材過河，連死都準備下了

carrying a coffin across the river: already prepared even for death

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone has prepared for the worst and is ready to risk everything. English: 'burn one's boats'.

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Simplified: 背着棺材过河，连死都准备下了
Traditional (Taiwan): 背著棺材過河，連死都準備下了
Traditional (Hong Kong): 背着棺材過河，連死都準備下了
Pinyin: bēizhe guāncai guòhé, lián sǐ dōu zhǔnbèi xià le
Bopomofo: ㄅㄟ ˙ㄓㄜㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ，ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄙˇ ㄉㄡㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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