披荊斬棘

Chinese

		scatter; separate; to open scatter; separate; to open; to unroll; to spread out	thorns; brambles	behead; chop	thorns
trad. (披荊斬棘)		披	荊	斬	棘
simp. (披荆斩棘)		披	荆	斩	棘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pījīngzhǎnjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ ging¹ zaam² gik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi-keng-chám-kek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pījīngzhǎnjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pijingjhǎnjí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-ching¹-chan³-chi²
    • Yale: pī-jīng-jǎn-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pijingjaanjyi
    • Palladius: пицзинчжаньцзи (piczinčžanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei¹ ging¹ zaam² gik¹
    • Yale: pēi gīng jáam gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹ ging¹ dzaam² gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹ ging¹ zam² gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡saːm³⁵ kɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi-keng-chám-kek
    • Tâi-lô: phi-king-tsám-kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phi'kengzafmkeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³ kiɪŋ³³ t͡sam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/

Idiom

披荊斬棘

1. to overcome different difficulties and obstacles