萬水千山

See also: 万水千山

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	water; river	thousand	mountain; hill
trad. (萬水千山)		萬	水	千	山
simp. (万水千山)		万	水	千	山
anagram		千山萬水／千山万水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànshuǐqiānshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ seoi² cin¹ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-súi-chhiên-sân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànshuǐqiānshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànshuěicianshan
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-shui³-chʻien¹-shan¹
    • Yale: wàn-shwěi-chyān-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshoeichianshan
    • Palladius: ваньшуйцяньшань (vanʹšujcjanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ seoi² cin¹ saan¹
    • Yale: maahn séui chīn sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ soey² tsin¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ sêu² qin¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-súi-chhiên-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: van sui^ˋ qien^ˊ san^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ sui³ qian¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ su̯i³¹ t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/

Idiom

萬水千山

1. alternative form of 千山萬水 / 千山万水 (qiānshānwànshuǐ, “many rivers and mountains; distant, dangerous and difficult path”)

   • 紅軍不怕遠征難，
     萬水千山只等閒。 [MSC, trad.]
     红军不怕远征难，
     万水千山只等闲。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935 Oct, Mao Zedong,《七律·長征》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Hóngjūn bùpà yuǎnzhēng nán,
     Wànshuǐqiānshān zhǐ děngxián. [Pinyin]

     Of the trying Long March the Red Army makes light:
     Thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight.