披荆带棘
pī​jīng​dài​jí

to blaze a trail

  • created sense approved 披荆带棘/披荊帶棘 · pī​jīng​dài​jí · to blaze a trail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    披荆带棘 / 披荊帶棘

    pī​jīng​dài​jí

    to blaze a trail

    to hack one's way through brambles and thorns; to overcome difficulties and obstacles in one's path

    披 (literal) → 披 · pī · to split 荆 (literal) → 荆/荊 · jīng · chaste tree 带 (literal) → 带/帶 · dài · to wear 棘 (literal) → 棘 · jí · thorns

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense