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Open the tool →筚路蓝褛 (bì lù lán lǚ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to pioneer with immense difficulties and hardships”.
筚路蓝褛 is pronounced bì lù lán lǚ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 筚路蓝褛 means “riding in a brushwood cart and wearing tattered clothes”. It is used to mean “to pioneer with immense difficulties and hardships”.
筚路:柴车;蓝褛:破衣服。坐着柴车,穿着破衣服,去开辟山林。形容创业的艰苦