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Chinese
Etymology
From Zuozhuan:
訓之以若敖、蚡冒篳路藍縷以啟山林。
训之以若敖、蚡冒筚路蓝缕以启山林。 - From: 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
- Xùn zhī yǐ Ruò'áo, Fénmào bìlù lánlǚ yǐ qǐ shānlín.
- 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.
Pronunciation
Idiom
篳路藍縷
- (figurative, of a pioneer) braving hardships and difficulties in beginning an undertaking