"Brambles" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 荆棘 | jīng jí | thistles and thorns / brambles / thorny undergrowth |   |
| 芒刺在背 | máng cì zài bèi | feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles | |
| 荆榛满目 | jīng zhēn mǎn mù | thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom) / beset by troubles | |
| 荆棘载途 | jīng jí zài tú | lit. a path covered in brambles / a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom) | |
