xī

蹊

Character · Noun

small path; trail

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples

noun

literary

Literary usage (书). Often appears in the compound 蹊径 or in idioms such as 独辟蹊径.

Dú独

pì辟

xī蹊

jìng径

。

To blaze a new trail (literally: to open up a unique path).

Táo桃

lǐ李

bù不

yán言

，

xià下

zì自

chéng成

xī蹊

。

Peaches and plums do not speak, yet a path forms beneath them (virtue attracts people naturally).

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Huāng荒

yě野

xiǎo小

xī蹊

。

A small trail in the wilderness.