{"path":"/entry/82156","title":"筚路蓝缕 / 篳路藍縷 (bì lù lán lǚ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"筚路蓝缕 / 篳路藍縷 (bì lù lán lǚ): the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":82156,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["筚路蓝缕"],"TRADITIONAL":["篳路藍縷"]}},"phonetic":"bì lù lán lǚ","phoneticKey":"bi4 lu4 lan2 lu:3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"the hardships of beginning an undertaking ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"drive a cart in rags to blaze a new trail","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Zuozhuan","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"训之以若敖、蚡冒筚路蓝缕以启山林。","traditional":"訓之以若敖、蚡冒篳路藍縷以啟山林。"},"phonetic":"Xùn zhī yǐ Ruò'áo, Fénmào bìlù lánlǚ yǐ qǐ shānlín.","english":"He admonishes them on how the Chu ancestors Ruo'ao and Fenmao, riding in rugged wooden carts and clad in tattered hemp, opened up hills and forests for cultivation.","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the \"Spring and Autumn Annals\" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}