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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「篳路襤褸」—details below.

The idiom 「篳路襤褸」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Describes the difficulty of starting a new business. Same as “starting from scratch”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bì lù lán lǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 lou6 laam4 lau1

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