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]