荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú
Pinyin

Definition

荆棘载途
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jīng jí zài tú
  1. lit. a path covered in brambles
  2. a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

前途
qián tú
  1. 1 prospects
  2. 2 future outlook
  3. 3 journey
旅途
lu:3 tú
  1. 1 journey
  2. 2 trip
途中
tú zhōng
  1. 1 en route
长途
cháng tú
  1. 1 long distance
中途
zhōng tú
  1. 1 midway
仕途
shì tú
  1. 1 official career (formal)
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
征途
zhēng tú
  1. 1 long journey
  2. 2 trek
  3. 3 course of an expedition
歧途
qí tú
  1. 1 fork in a road
  2. 2 wrong road
归途
guī tú
  1. 1 the way back
  2. 2 one's journey home
沿途
yán tú
  1. 1 along the sides of the road
  2. 2 by the wayside
用途
yòng tú
  1. 1 use
  2. 2 application
荆棘
jīng jí
  1. 1 thistles and thorns
  2. 2 brambles
  3. 3 thorny undergrowth
路途
lù tú
  1. 1 (lit. and fig.) road
  2. 2 path
迷途
mí tú
  1. 1 to lose one's way
途
tú
  1. 1 way
  2. 2 route
  3. 3 road
途径
tú jìng
  1. 1 way
  2. 2 channel
途经
tú jīng
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 via
  3. 3 by way of
长途车
cháng tú chē
  1. 1 long-distance bus
  2. 2 coach
中途岛
Zhōng tú Dǎo
  1. 1 Midway Islands

Idioms (14)

假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí
  1. 1 lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
  3. 3 to break through hardships
  4. 4 to blaze a new trail
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
  1. 1 different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
  1. 1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. 2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù
  1. 1 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
  2. 2 in a plight with no way out
  3. 3 things have reached a dead end
老马识途
lǎo mǎ shí tú
  1. 1 an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do
  2. 2 an old hand knows the ropes
荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú
  1. 1 lit. a path covered in brambles
  2. 2 a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
视为畏途
shì wéi wèi tú
  1. 1 to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
  1. 1 to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
  2. 2 to go astray
识途老马
shí tú lǎo mǎ
  1. 1 lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
食荼卧棘
shí tú wò jí
  1. 1 to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

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