筚路蓝缕 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 篳路藍縷 bìlùlánlǚ ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄩˇ the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom) Character by character 筚(bì)wicker 路(lù)surname Lu 蓝(lán)surname Lan 缕(lǚ)strand A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0