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[披荊斬棘] pījīngzhǎnjí 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

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        pī, to drape over one's shoulders/to open/to unroll/to split open/to spread out
        pīsà, [披薩], pizza (loanword)
        pīfēng, [披風], cloak/cape
        pījiān, cape/shawl/(of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
        pīlù, to reveal/to publish/to make public/to announce
        suǒxiàngpīmǐ, to sweep everything before one/to be invincible (idiom)
        pījīngzhǎnjí, [披荊斬棘], lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)/fig. to overcome all o...
        
        pīguà, [披掛], to put on a suit of armor/to put on dress/to wear
        
        
        

        jīngjí, [荊棘], thistles and thorns/brambles/thorny undergrowth
        pījīngzhǎnjí, [披荊斬棘], lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)/fig. to overcome all o...
        jīng, [荊], chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)/alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty ...
        fùjīngqǐngzuì, [負荊請罪], lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)/fig. to offer sb a humble...
        

        zhǎn, [斬], to behead (as form of capital punishment)/to chop
        zhǎnshǒu, [斬首], to behead
        zhǎncǎochúgēn, [斬草除根], to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch/to elim...
        zhǎnduàn, [斬斷], to cut off/to chop sth in half
        guòguānzhǎnjiàng, [過關斬將], to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom)/abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五...
        pījīngzhǎnjí, [披荊斬棘], lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)/fig. to overcome all o...
        zhǎndīngjiétiě, [斬釘截鐵], lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)/fig. resolute and decisive/unhe...
        xiānzhǎnhòuzòu, [先斬後奏], first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
        guòwǔguānzhǎnliùjiàng, [過五關斬六將], lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)/fig. to surmount all dif...
        báizhǎnjī, [白斬雞], Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"

        jíshǒu, thorny (problem)/intractable
        jīngjí, [荊棘], thistles and thorns/brambles/thorny undergrowth
        jílún, [棘輪], ratchet
        jí, thorns
        pījīngzhǎnjí, [披荊斬棘], lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)/fig. to overcome all o...
        

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