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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 披荆斩棘
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 披荆斩棘 | pī jīng zhǎn jí | - 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 38,411 | 49,446 | 31,245 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 披 | pī | - to drape over one's shoulders - to open - to unroll - to split open - to spread out |
| 荆 | jīng | - chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus) - alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] |
| 斩 | zhǎn | - to behead (as form of capital punishment) - to chop |
| 棘 | jí | - thorns |
Other Words Containing 披荆斩棘
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 披荆斩棘 | - | - | 38,411 | 49,446 | 31,245 |