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

shě

old variant of 捨|舍[she3]

de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

one

shēn

body

guǎ

cut off the flesh as punishment

,

gǎn

to dare

to hold; to grasp

huáng

emperor

emperor

to pull

xià

down

abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]