Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「山行海宿」 and how it’s used.
This feature highlights the idiom 「山行海宿」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Travel in the mountains and stay on the sea. Refers to the dangers of traveling.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shān háng hǎi xiǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saan1 haang4/hong4/hang4 hoi2 suk1
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
