筚路蓝缕 — Chinese idiom
筚路蓝缕
bì lù lán lǚ
Traditional: 篳路藍縷
Meaning
- the hardships of beginning an undertaking
Character by character
- 筚bìwicker, bamboo
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 蓝lánblue; indigo plant; surname
- 缕lǚstrand, thread; detailed, precise
Idioms sharing a character
- 蓬门筚户 péng mén bì hù
- 一路货色 yī lù huò sè
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi
- 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā
- 天雨路滑 tiān yù lù huá
- 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
- 广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù
- 必经之路 bì jīng zhī lù
- 投石问路 tóu shí wèn lù
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