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披荊斬棘 (pei1 ging1 zaam2 gik1) — hack one's way through difficulties in Cantonese

peiˉ¹披gingˉ¹荊zaamˊ²斬gikˉ¹棘
简 披荆斩棘
Mandarin Pinyin: pi1 jing1 zhan3 ji2

Meaning of 披荊斬棘

nounhack one's way through difficulties

Characters in 披荊斬棘

披pei1
drape over; wrap around; throw on
荊ging1
thorns; brambles [b] rod; cane [c] (archaic) my wife
斬zaam2
chop; cut
棘gik1
thorn bush; bramble; sour jujube

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