荜路蓝缕

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 荜路蓝缕 – see 篳路藍縷 (“drive a cart in rags to blaze a new trail; braving hardships and difficulties in beginning an undertaking”). (This term is the simplified form of 蓽路藍縷, which is in turn a variant form of 篳路藍縷).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.