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Today, we explore the idiom 「爬山涉水」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Describes a difficult journey.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pá shān shè shuǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pa4 saan1 sip3 seui2

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