爬山涉水 — Chinese idiom
爬山涉水
pá shān shè shuǐ
Meaning
- to climb mountains and wade rivers ; fig. to make a long and difficult journey
Character by character
- 爬páto climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
- 涉shèsconcerned, involved; to experience; to wade throu
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
Idioms sharing a character
- 连滚带爬 lián gǔn dài pá
- 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
- 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 名落孙山 míng luò Sūn Shān
- 地动山摇 dì dòng shān yáo
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 执法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān
- 堆积如山 duī jī rú shān
- 寿比南山 shòu bǐ Nán Shān
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