荹 (bù) - To walk with difficulty & to stumble
荹 · bù
To walk with difficulty;
to stumble;
to tread on grass.
To walk with difficultyto stumbleto tread on grass.
Usage highlights
walking with difficultyovergrown pathtreading on grassstumbling through undergrowthdifficult passageweed
Usage & contexts
Examples
- He walked with difficulty through the dense undergrowth (荹行).
- The path was overgrown and hard to traverse (荹径).
- She stumbled on the uneven ground covered with weeds (荹草).
Collocations
- walking with difficulty(荹行)
- overgrown path(荹径)
- treading on grass(荹草)
- stumbling through undergrowth(荹棘)
- difficult passage(荹途)
- weed-covered ground(荹地)
Idioms
- To walk through brambles and thorns(荹荆而行)
- A path overgrown with weeds(荹草没径)
- To advance with difficulty(荹步维艰)
Cultural background
FAQ- 荹 is a rare character in modern Chinese, primarily found in classical texts.
- The character combines the grass radical (艹) with 步 (step), literally meaning 'stepping on grass'.
- It often appears in descriptions of difficult travel through wilderness or overgrown areas.