search for an opening for oneself by all possible means
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ā NTI ā NR ù D ì, which means to describe the vast and powerful mind. It comes from journey to the West.
The origin of Idioms
The thirty second chapter of journey to the West written by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "he is a man who goes deep into the earth, cuts the axe and burns the fire, and is not afraid of cooking oil."
Idiom usage
Chapter 32 of a journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "he is a hero who is not afraid of chopping and burning with an axe and cooking in oil."
search for an opening for oneself by all possible means
To drink and make medicine empty - zhuó yíng jì xū
pay even for a horse 's drink of water -- extreme honesty - yìn mǎ tóu qián
It's better to accumulate money than to use skilful skills - jī cái qiān wàn,bù rú bó j