HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

荆棘

jīngjí

Traditional: 荊棘

thistles and thorns

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 荆棘 in English

jīngjíHSK 7–9nounSyllabus #7565
  1. thistles and thorns
  2. brambles
  3. thorny undergrowth

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HSK words with 棘

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences