- 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
Characters
- 披 (披): to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out
- 荆 (荊): chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
- 斩 (斬): to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- 棘 (棘): thorns
Resources
- Wiktionary: 披荆斩棘
- MDBG: 披荆斩棘
- Examples with 披荆斩棘 on Tatoeba
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