








登山涉水 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to traverse mountains and ford rivers”. To go through untold hardships and difficulties. Literally, “climb mountains and ford streams”.

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Open the tool →登山涉水 (dēng shān shè shuǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to traverse mountains and ford rivers”.
登山涉水 is pronounced dēng shān shè shuǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 登山涉水 means “climb mountains and ford streams”. It is used to mean “to traverse mountains and ford rivers”.
爬山过水。比喻历尽艰难。