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荆jīng棘jí
  1. thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth

    trad. 荊棘

Also written 荊棘【jīng jí】

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棘jí

thorns

沙棘shā jí

(botany) sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)

披荆斩棘pī jīng zhǎn jí

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail

食荼卧棘shí tú wò jí

to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

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棘thorns12 strokes · jí

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