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
trad. 披荊斬棘
Also written 披荊斬棘【pī jīng zhǎn jí】
Characters in this word
4披
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to drape over one's shoulders, to open, to unroll, to split open, to spread out
- Pinyin
- pī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 19714 of 2500
荆
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an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2], surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jīng
- Traditional
- 荊
- Strokes
- 9
斩
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to behead (as form of capital punishment), to chop
- Pinyin
- zhǎn
- Traditional
- 斬
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11375 of 2500
棘
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thorns
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 12