踏破铁鞋

lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low

see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]

to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot

broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

surname Tie

iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

shoe / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

variant of 鞋[xie2]

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily