披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí
Pinyin

Definition

披荆斩棘
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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)

披
pī
  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
披肩
pī jiān
  1. 1 cape
  2. 2 shawl
  3. 3 (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
披萨
pī sà
  1. 1 pizza (loanword)
披露
pī lù
  1. 1 to reveal
  2. 2 to publish
  3. 3 to make public
  4. 4 to announce
荆棘
jīng jí
  1. 1 thistles and thorns
  2. 2 brambles
  3. 3 thorny undergrowth
披星戴月
pī xīng dài yuè
  1. 1 to travel or work through night and day
  2. 2 to toil away for long hours
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
披靡
pī mǐ
  1. 1 to be swept by the wind
  2. 2 to be blown about by the wind
  3. 3 to be routed (in battle etc)
披风
pī fēng
  1. 1 cloak
  2. 2 cape
棘手
jí shǒu
  1. 1 thorny (problem)
  2. 2 intractable
披巾
pī jīn
  1. 1 shawl
披挂
pī guà
  1. 1 to put on a suit of armor
  2. 2 to put on dress
  3. 3 to wear
披星带月
pī xīng dài yuè
  1. 1 variant of 披星戴月[pī xīng dài yuè]
披甲
pī jiǎ
  1. 1 to don armor
披红
pī hóng
  1. 1 to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor
披索
pī suǒ
  1. 1 peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)
  2. 2 also written 比索[bǐ suǒ]
披头士
Pī tóu shì
  1. 1 the Beatles (music band)
披头散发
pī tóu sàn fà
  1. 1 with dishevelled hair (idiom)
  2. 2 with one's hair down
棘
jí
  1. 1 thorns
沙棘
shā jí
  1. 1 sea-buckthorn

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)
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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