棘楚
jí chǔ
Pinyin

Definition

棘楚
 - 
jí chǔ
  1. thorny problem
  2. troublesome affair

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

清楚
qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about
宋楚瑜
Sòng Chǔ yú
  1. 1 James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党
楚楚
chǔ chǔ
  1. 1 neat
  2. 2 lovely
痛楚
tòng chǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 anguish
  3. 3 suffering
苦楚
kǔ chǔ
  1. 1 suffering
  2. 2 misery
  3. 3 pain (esp. psychological)
荆棘
jīng jí
  1. 1 thistles and thorns
  2. 2 brambles
  3. 3 thorny undergrowth
酸楚
suān chǔ
  1. 1 disconsolate
  2. 2 forlorn
  3. 3 grievance
一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
凄楚
qī chǔ
  1. 1 sad
  2. 2 wretched
  3. 3 miserable
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
朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
  1. 1 serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
棘
jí
  1. 1 thorns
棘手
jí shǒu
  1. 1 thorny (problem)
  2. 2 intractable
楚
Chǔ
  1. 1 surname Chu
  2. 2 abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hú běi Shěng] and Hunan 湖南省[Hú nán Shěng] provinces together
  3. 3 Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
楚国
Chǔ guó
  1. 1 the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
楚州
Chǔ zhōu
  1. 1 Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huái ān shì], Jiangsu
楚州区
Chǔ zhōu qū
  1. 1 Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huái ān shì], Jiangsu
楚河汉界
Chǔ hé Hàn jiè
  1. 1 lit. the river that divides Chu and Han
  2. 2 fig. a line that divides rival territories
  3. 3 the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
楚汉相争
Chǔ Hàn Xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng]

Idioms (8)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
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
朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
  1. 1 serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
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

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