披荆斩棘 (披荊斬棘)
pī jīng zhǎn jí
Pinyin

Definition

披荆斩棘 (披荊斬棘)
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pī jīng zhǎn jí
  1. lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
  2. fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
  3. to break through hardships
  4. to blaze a new trail

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to drape over one's shoulders
  2. 2 to open
  3. 3 to unroll
  4. 4 to split open
  5. 5 to spread out
pī jiān
  1. 1 cape
  2. 2 shawl
  3. 3 (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
pī sà
  1. 1 pizza (loanword)
pī lù
  1. 1 to reveal
  2. 2 to publish
  3. 3 to make public
  4. 4 to announce
jīng jí
  1. 1 thistles and thorns
  2. 2 brambles
  3. 3 thorny undergrowth

Idioms (6)

所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
  1. 1 to sweep everything before one
  2. 2 to be invincible (idiom)
披肝沥胆
pī gān lì dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty
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
披头散发
pī tóu sàn fà
  1. 1 with dishevelled hair (idiom)
  2. 2 with one's hair down
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)