







跋山涉川 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to travel over mountains and across rivers”. To make an arduous journey through difficult terrain, often enduring hardships. Literally, “to trudge over mountains and wade across rivers; to scale mountains and ford streams”.

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Open the tool →跋山涉川 (bá shān shè chuān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to travel over mountains and across rivers”.
跋山涉川 is pronounced bá shān shè chuān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 跋山涉川 means “to trudge over mountains and wade across rivers; to scale mountains and ford streams”. It is used to mean “to travel over mountains and across rivers”.
形容远道奔波之苦。参见“跋山涉水”。