fraught with difficulties
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NGJ í m ǎ NT ú, meaning thorns everywhere. It is a metaphor for the difficult world. From Yuan Ren Yu's shangxiaolou · seclusion.
The origin of Idioms
Yuan Ren Yu's song shangxiaolou · seclusion: "the road is full of thorns, Penglai lives leisurely, Zhuge cottage."
Idiom usage
There are many difficulties on the way forward. Sister Hongxiao, go along with me on the way of life. I'm not afraid it's there! The third scene of Zhuo Wenjun by Guo Moruo
Analysis of Idioms
There are many thorns in the road
Chinese PinYin : jīng jí mǎn tú
fraught with difficulties
return empty-handed from treasure mountain -- unable to benefit from a visit to a great master. bǎo shān kōng huí
as the medicine took effect , the symptoms lessened. yào dào bìng chú
fawn upon the rich and powerful persons. qū quán fù shì
a remarkable talent of many ages. kuàng shì qí cái
Dye the hair and seed the teeth. rǎn xū zhǒng chǐ