荆棘载途 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 荊棘載途 jīngjízàitú ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄊㄨˊ lit. a path covered in brambles a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom) Character by character 荆(jīng)an early name for the state of Chu 楚国 chǔguó 棘(jí)thorns 载(zài)carry 途(tú)way A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0