铁蒺藜 (鐵蒺藜) tiě jílí

1. tiě jílí noun iron wire barrier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used as an obstacle or a concealed trap in ancient warefare (Guoyu '鐵蒺藜' 1; Han Dian '铁蒺藜')
2. tiě jílí set phrase iron thistles
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
   Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in the No. 12 koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to personal conduct that is difficult to attack (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 77; Ding '鐵蒺藜'; FGDB '鐵蒺藜'; T 2003, Scroll 2)