荊棘

See also: 荆棘

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

荊棘

(literally, botany) thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- 師之所處，荊棘生焉。 [MSC, trad.]
  师之所处，荆棘生焉。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Laozi
  Shī zhī suǒ chǔ, jīngjí shēng yān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(literary, figurative) difficult situation; dangerous circumstances
(literary, figurative) scheming sycophant
(literary, figurative) animosity; hostility; ill will; grudge

Synonyms

(scheming sycophant): (literary) 姦佞／奸佞 (jiānnìng)
(animosity):

嫌隙 (xiánxì)
碴兒／碴儿 (chár) (colloquial)
芥蒂 (jièdì) (literary, figurative)

Adjective

荊棘

(literary, figurative) chaotic; disorderly

Synonyms

一塌糊塗／一塌糊涂
亂／乱 (luàn)
亂七八糟／乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo)
亂雜／乱杂 (luànzá) (literary)
凌亂／凌乱 (língluàn)
嘈亂／嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (literary, of sound)
大鼎炒狗蟻／大鼎炒狗蚁 (Hokkien)
挐亂／挐乱 (Min Nan)
擾擾／扰扰 (rǎorǎo)
散亂／散乱 (sǎnluàn)
有七無八／有七无八 (Min Nan)
殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
混亂／混乱 (hùnluàn)
烏七八糟／乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
烏哩單刀／乌哩单刀 (Cantonese)
無序／无序 (wúxù)
狼戾 (lánglì) (literary, Hakka)
狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
狼藉 (lángjí)
立立亂／立立乱 (lap⁶ lap^6-2 lyun⁶) (Cantonese)
糊塗／糊涂
糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
紊亂／紊乱 (wěnluàn)
紛亂／纷乱 (fēnluàn)
紛雜／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)
繚亂／缭乱 (liáoluàn) (formal)
肆亂／肆乱 (sìluàn) (literary)
蕪雜／芜杂 (wúzá)
雜亂／杂乱 (záluàn)
鬼打樣／鬼打样 (Hakka)

Derived terms

披荊棘／披荆棘
滿地荊棘／满地荆棘
燃燒的荊棘／燃烧的荆棘 (ránshāo de jīngjí)
舉動荊棘／举动荆棘 (jǔdòngjīngjí)
荊棘律／荆棘律
荊棘銅駝／荆棘铜驼
銅駝荊棘／铜驼荆棘

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荊棘):

→ Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荊	棘
けい Hyōgaiji	きょく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーきょく [kèékyókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːkʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

荊(けい)棘(きょく) • (keikyoku)

thorns (thorny plants)
hardships, difficulties
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  荊棘(けいきょく)の道(みち)
  keikyoku no michi
  The path of hardships

See also

Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/荊棘

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