荆棘 (荊棘) jīngjí

1. jīngjí noun thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'jīngjí' 荆棘 1, p. 455; CC-CEDICT '荊棘'; Guoyu '荊棘' 1; NCCED '荆棘', p. 831)
2. jīngjí noun numerous problems; difficult circumstances
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'jīngjí' 荆棘 2, p. 455; Guoyu '荊棘' 2)
3. jīngjí noun a person of little virtue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 小人 (Guoyu '荊棘' 3)

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• Chapter 45: The Ten Great Disciples - Ananda: Foremost in Having Heard Much 第四十五章　十大比丘弟子 ～多聞第一阿難陀 The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha 《釋迦牟尼佛傳》 — count: 2
• Making the Buddha realm magnificint without dwelling in appearances - Part 10 [Lecture] 莊嚴佛土無有住相分第十 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 2
• Hsing Yun Diary 25 - The Moving Experience of Spiritual Practice 星雲日記25～ 感動的修行 感動的修行(1993/10/1～1993/10/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 2
• Hsing Yun Diary 24 - A Life with Balanced Income and Expenses: The Joy of Being Busy 星雲日記24～收支平篌的人生 忙碌的喜悅(1993/8/1～1993/8/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 1
• Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: The Vertical is Exhausted by the Three Time Periods 星雲日記20～談空說有 豎窮三際(1992/11/16～1992/11/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 1
• Sporting Activities 球類運動 A Life With Palms Joined 4 - Hunger 《合掌人生4－飢餓》 — count: 1
• To Relieve All Suffering 度一切苦厄 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》 — count: 1
• Volume 1: Encouraging Spiritual Practice through Meditation 第一冊 勵志修行證悟 Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》 — count: 1
• Writings on the Chan School and Pure Land - A Chan Practitioner's Life of Cultivation 禪門淨土篇 禪者的生活修持 Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》 — count: 1
• Text - Our Declaration 文 ■我們的宣言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 在荆棘 (在荊棘) 有的坐在荊棘之上或是懸岩之邊 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 3: Greed is the Cause of Suffering 第三講　多欲為生死的根本 — count: 12
• 荆棘满布 (荊棘滿布) 荊棘滿布 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 3: Good Medicine to Help Settle the Body and Mind 第三冊 身心安頓的良方 — count: 3
• 荆棘丛 (荊棘叢) 甚至種在長滿雜草的荊棘叢中 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》, Learning to Accept 學習接受 — count: 3
• 竹荆棘 (竹荊棘) 麻竹荊棘寸步難行 — Hundred Sayings 4 - Half and Half 《往事百語4－一半一半》, Heaven and Hell in a Moment of Thought 天堂地獄一念之間 — count: 3
• 荆棘之中 (荊棘之中) 躑躅在荊棘之中 — The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha 《釋迦牟尼佛傳》, Chapter 45: The Ten Great Disciples - Ananda: Foremost in Having Heard Much 第四十五章　十大比丘弟子 ～多聞第一阿難陀 — count: 3
• 斩荆棘 (斬荊棘) 斬荊棘 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 18 - Find Your Heart Again 星雲日記18～把心找回來 把心找回來(1992/8/1～1992/8/15) — count: 2
• 遍地荆棘 (遍地荊棘) 當初佛光山遍地荊棘 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 4 - A Life of Pluses and Minuses 《迷悟之間(四)生命的密碼》, The Reality of Emptiness 空的真理 — count: 2