万水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān — ten thousand rivers and thousand mountains; a long arduous journey

万水千山
wàn shuǐ qiān shān

Characters: 万 · 水 · 千 · 山

Definitions

  1. ten thousand rivers and thousand mountains; a long arduous journey

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom)
  2. the trials and tribulations of a long journey
  3. a long and difficult road

zdic(汉典)

  1. 形容路途遥远艰险。

ExtDict

  1. 万道河，千重山。形容路途艰难遥远。

Examples

  • 红军历经万水千山，终于到达陕北。

    Through countless rivers and mountains, the Red Army finally reached northern Shaanxi.

  • 纵使万水千山，也隔不断这份情谊。

    Even ten thousand rivers and a thousand mountains cannot sever this bond.