| 爬山涉水 |
pá shān shè shuǐ |
to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey |
| 爬 |
pá |
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up |
| 爬山 |
pá shān |
to climb a mountain / to mountaineer / hiking / mountaineering |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 涉 |
shè |
(literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |