fān shān yuè lǐng

Traditional: 翻山越嶺

翻山越岭 (fān shān yuè lǐng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom)
  2. 2fig. hardships of the journey

Characters in 翻山越岭

翻fān · to turn over山shān · mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])越yuè · to exceed岭líng · used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]

Related words

越to exceed越generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods越来越more and more山mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])山surname Shan翻to turn over翻variant of 翻[fan1]山姆(name) Sam穿越to pass through旧金山San Francisco, California超越to surpass; to exceed; to transcend越南Vietnam

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