Wearing ragged clothes and pulling a wood cart, he reclaimed forested land on a hillside and labored hard out there in spite of the wind and rain, trying to move forward.

Wicker Road and Blue Wisp, a Chinese idiom with the pinyin bì lù lán lǚ, means to drive a crude firewood cart in ragged clothes to clear a mountainside forest road. It describes the hard work of starting a business. From "Zuo Zhuan - Xuan Gong 12 Years".

Source of Idioms

Zuo Zhuan - Xuan Gong 12 Years: ''Wicker the road to open up the mountains and forests. The barbarians were comforted to belong to Huaxia. If you don't make a sound, you will be astonished. ''

Translation

The wicker road (chariot) is a large cart made of thorny wood, and the blue wisp is ragged clothing. The ancestors of Chu were wearing rags and pulling a chariot of firewood, reclaiming the forested hillside and founding the state of Chu, creating the essence of the Chu culture, which is aggressive, innovative, open and integrated, and unyielding to the end.

Near synonyms Wicker Road, Windy Meal, Dewy Night, Bed and Thatch, Pectus Pectus

Antonyms Light and Easy, Pampered, Sitting and Enjoying

Near synonyms for Wicker Road, Dewy Night

Windy Meal, Dewy Night, a Chinese idiom pronounced as fēng cān lù sù, to eat in the wind and to sleep in the open air. It describes the hard work of traveling or working in the field. It comes from "I'm Going to Yunxian to Send Chi Shiyuan Sanjuzi" (将到筠先寄迟适远三犹子).

Source of Idioms

Song Su Shi's poem "Sending Chi Shiyuan Sanjuzi to Yunxian": "Sleeping in the open air and eating in the wind for 600 miles, I will drink the water of the Nanjiang River in the morning."

Translation

Sleeping in the open air and eating in the wind on a distant road, I will reach the Yangtze River in the south tomorrow to drink my horse.

Synonyms pectus pectus, haywalking, sleeping in the open, eating in the wind, drinking in the dew

Idiomatic Usage

Union; as predicate, determiner, dative; describing a difficult journey