fraught with difficulties
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NGJ í m ǎ NT ú, meaning thorns everywhere. It is a metaphor for the difficult world. From Yuan Ren Yu's shangxiaolou · seclusion.
The origin of Idioms
Yuan Ren Yu's song shangxiaolou · seclusion: "the road is full of thorns, Penglai lives leisurely, Zhuge cottage."
Idiom usage
There are many difficulties on the way forward. Sister Hongxiao, go along with me on the way of life. I'm not afraid it's there! The third scene of Zhuo Wenjun by Guo Moruo
Analysis of Idioms
There are many thorns in the road
fraught with difficulties
suffer for the faults of another - dài rén shòu guò
generous outside but jealous inside - wài kuān nèi jì
Let go of the bull and scatter the horse - xiū niú sàn mǎ
with a severe countenance and a harsh voice - zhèng sè lì shēng