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荊棘 (ging1 gik1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

荊棘 (ging1 gik1, jīng jí) — thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 荊 (ging1) — chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynast…
• 荊山 (ging1 saan1) — Thorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei
• 荊州 (ging1 zau1) — see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]; see 荊州區|荆州区[Jing1 zhou1 Qu1]
• 荊州區 (ging1 zau1 keoi1) — Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
• 荊州市 (ging1 zau1 si5) — Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
• 荊棘載途 (ging1 gik1 zoi3 tou4) — lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idio…

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