荆棘 (jīng jí) is a Chinese word meaning “thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth”.
Meanings
- 1thistles and thorns
- 2brambles
- 3thorny undergrowth
- Part of speech
- noun
Characters in 荆棘
Related words
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