荜路蓝缕
bì​lù​lán​lǚ

endure hardships

  • created sense approved 荜路蓝缕/蓽路藍縷 · bì​lù​lán​lǚ · endure hardships — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    荜路蓝缕 / 蓽路藍縷

    bì​lù​lán​lǚ

    endure hardships

    (variant form) to endure great hardships in the process of starting a new enterprise or pioneering a path; to work hard under difficult conditions; literally driving a firewood cart in tattered clothes

    荜 (literal) → 荜/蓽 · bì · [bamboo/wicker] 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road 蓝缕 (literal) → 蓝缕/藍縷 · lán​lǚ · ragged

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

    created sense