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披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí
What 披荆斩棘 means
- 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
The characters in 披荆斩棘
- 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
- 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
- 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- 棘jíthorns
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