Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「天荊地棘」 and its explanation.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「天荊地棘」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
The world is full of thorns, which is a metaphor for the difficult life or situation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān jīng dì jí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tin1 ging1 dei6/dei2 kik1/gik1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
