万水千山 — Chinese idiom
万水千山
wàn shuǐ qiān shān
Traditional: 萬水千山
Meaning
- ten thousand crags and torrents ; the trials and tribulations of a long journey
- a long and difficult road
Character by character
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
Idioms sharing a character
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
- 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
- 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 千恩万谢 qiān ēn wàn xiè
- 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
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