山長水遠
simp山长水远saan1 coeng4 seoi2 jyun5shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
English
- (idiom) long and arduous journey
- a long and difficult way; remote; very far away
- far; long way away; literally long mountain and far water
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容去咗一個好遠或者要好耐先去到嘅地方
Examples
我山長水遠嚟到呢到,點知間舖頭閂咗。
I came all the way here especially, and the shop's shut.
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我山長水遠去天水圍飲下午茶。
I went a long way to have afternoon tea in Tin Shui Wai.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk