Thorny Pinyin: jīng jí.

Interpretation: A general term for thorny bushes in the mountains and fields. In literary terms, it is often used to refer to treachery, strife, and difficult and dangerous situations, but also to mean hatred and suspicion.

Origin: Chen Qitong, "Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains," Act IX, Scene 1: "On the mountain ranges the pines and cypresses stand up, and in the crevices of the rocks the thorns are luxuriant, and the wild chrysanthemums are in full bloom."

Example sentence: Life is a road paved with thorns, and sweat is a sword that cuts through thorns.

Near synonyms for thorns

Kan bumpy

Pinyin: kǎn kě.

Interpretation:

1. The road is uneven.

2, a metaphor for having many twists and turns and not being able to fulfill one's ambition: a lifetime ~.

Origin: Shi Zhen, "Chronicle of Treading the Chasms": "Walking on this is like walking in the dark in the middle of the night on a bumpy and uneven road, with one foot deep and one shallow, and one step in a cold sweat."

Example sentence: Despite the bumps and bruises in his life, he always managed to turn them into success.