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  1. 1. thorns

Words Containing 棘

棘手
jí shǒu

thorny (problem)

荆棘
jīng jí

thistles and thorns

披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

棘楚
jí chǔ

thorny problem

棘皮动物
jí pí dòng wù

echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc

棘轮
jí lún

ratchet

棘鼻青岛龙
jí bí qīng dǎo lóng

Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout

沙棘
shā jí

sea-buckthorn

沙棘属
shā jí shǔ

genus Hippophae

腔棘鱼
qiāng jí yú

coelacanth

荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú

lit. a path covered in brambles

食荼卧棘
shí tú wò jí

to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

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