棘
jí
Pinyin

Definition

棘
 - 
jí
  1. thorns

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

棘
jí
  1. 1 thorns

Related Words (6)

荆棘
jīng jí
  1. 1 thistles and thorns
  2. 2 brambles
  3. 3 thorny undergrowth
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
棘手
jí shǒu
  1. 1 thorny (problem)
  2. 2 intractable
沙棘
shā jí
  1. 1 sea-buckthorn
棘
jí
  1. 1 thorns

Idioms (3)

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
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)
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

Sample Sentences

真心不骗！这下子，蚊子叮咬的问题解决了，感冒也治疗好了，就差你时运不济的问题，稍微棘手一点。
zhēnxīn bù piàn ！zhèxiàzi ，wénzi dīngyǎo de wèntí jiějué le ，gǎnmào yě zhìliáo hǎo le ，jiù chà nǐ shíyùnbùjì de wèntí ，shāowēi jíshǒu yīdiǎn 。
I'm really not lying! Now, we've resolved your mosquito bite problem, and we've cured your cold, now we're just left with luck not going your way. That's a little more tricky.
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长夏开在荆棘里
chángxià kāi zài jīngjí lǐ
In the long summer she blooms in brambles
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