攀山涉水
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English
- to make a difficult journey; literally: to climb mountains and wade waters
粵語 — Cantonese
- 經過崎嶇嘅路途
Examples
住喺偏遠山區嘅細路,返個學都要攀山涉水。
Kids living in the remote mountain area have to climb mountains and wade waters on their way to school.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk