披荆斩棘 pījīngzhǎnjí to blaze a trail Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 pījīngzhǎnjí to blaze a trail to hack through thistles and thorns; to overcome all obstacles and break through hardships Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.576 per million Cross-References Synonym 披荆带棘 pījīngdàijíAntonym 蹈袭故常 dàoxígùcháng养尊处优 yǎngzūnchǔyōu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 pījīngzhǎnjí to blaze a trail to hack through thistles and thorns; to overcome all obstacles and break through hardships Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.576 per million Cross-References Synonym 披荆带棘 pījīngdàijíAntonym 蹈袭故常 dàoxígùcháng养尊处优 yǎngzūnchǔyōu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)