Thorns in the sky and thorns in the earth(tiān jīng dì jí)

Thorns in the sky and thorns in the earth

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ti ā NJ ī NGD ì J í, which means that the world is full of thorns. It refers to a difficult world or situation. It's from hard to go.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yongxi's poem "difficult journey" in Ming Dynasty: "the clouds are long, the day is cold, the sky is thorny, the earth is thorny, the journey is difficult."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.

Examples

Chapter 12 of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in the Qing Dynasty: "our money is limited, and their desires are hard to fill. They will come to the thorns of heaven and earth, and it will be difficult to do one step."

Chinese PinYin : tiān jīng dì jí