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